World-class supply management

Author: Bert
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book is the designated textbook for the Supply Management Certification Examination by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and is hailed as a "landmark" work in supply management. In addition to the named author, numerous experts and scholars such as the Chairman of the American Supply Chain Management Association, the former President of the National Purchasing Management Association, the former Vice President of Motorola, and professors from the University of San Diego have assisted or participated in the compilation of this book. Supply and procurement are two sides of the same coin. They are the same transaction conducted from different perspectives by the buying and selling parties on the supply chain. This same transaction must be completed through the joint cooperation of both parties at least. This book is an encyclopedic textbook that provides knowledge and international experience in supply and procurement management. Except for not telling people how to use diplomatic, political, and military means for procurement and supply, it comprehensively, thoroughly, and systematically discusses all other related issues of procurement and supply.