Procurement Management

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Features: With the advancement of science and technology and the development of social productivity, the world's political, economic, and social environment has undergone tremendous changes. Especially with the arrival of the WTO and the era of low-margin, market competition has become increasingly fierce. In the face of a new situation where both opportunities and challenges coexist, corporate procurement management must break through traditional thinking patterns and adopt a higher perspective and brand-new approaches to create a new landscape for procurement management. The fundamental approach of traditional procurement management lies in: procurement being a business transaction process of the enterprise, i.e., through competitive bidding after comparing prices. The purpose of procurement management is to "spend less and achieve more" to meet the enterprise's material needs. That is, procurement is merely considered as a function of enterprise management. The situation faced by modern procurement management is much more complex. First, the contribution of procurement management to enhancing corporate competitiveness has been recognized by an increasing number of entrepreneurs, as reflected in: after the ways to improve corporate profits such as "improving production processes and reducing raw material consumption" and "increasing sales volume and improving sales profit margin," "strengthening procurement management and reducing procurement costs" has become an important source of profit for enterprises; second, procurement behavior, as the primary link in the supply chain management system, is now regarded as a strategically oriented activity, playing roles such as price discovery and strategic partner positioning; third, diversified procurement methods (such as centralized procurement, tendering procurement, online procurement, just-in-time procurement, global procurement, and procurement from distributors) are closely linked with corporate informatization, and the procurement model based on ERP has evolved into an indispensable primary link in the transformation of manufacturing management systems. Therefore, we have organized the writing of the book "Procurement Management." This book not only includes the author's own understanding and insights into procurement management but also introduces new theories, new perspectives, and new methods of international procurement management. More importantly, it disseminates practical operational methods based on the experience of excellent domestic and foreign corporate procurement management, providing reference and use for corporate procurement management personnel.