Procurement principles and management. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Baily, David Farmer, Barry Crocker, David Jessop, and David Jones.
• Authors: Baily, Peter J. H
• Contents: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 Procurement objectives and development -- Chapter 1 Procurement scope and development -- Introduction -- Objectives of this chapter -- The scope of purchasing -- The changing role of purchasing and supply -- Proactive purchasing -- Procurement positioning/targeting -- Supplier preferencing -- Total acquisition cost and total cost of ownership -- Non-manufacturing organisations -- The supply chain concept -- Purchasing development -- Best practice in strategic supply management -- Summary Purchasing in the organisation structure -- Purchasing devolution -- The supply chain -- Improving the efficiency of the supply chain -- Types of supply chain -- Strategic development of purchasing -- Hierarchy of objectives -- Summary -- References and further reading -- Chapter 3 Public sector procurement -- Introduction -- Objectives of this chapter -- Part A -- Context of public sector procurement -- Historic background -- UK National Health Service (NHS) -- UK Metropolitan Police procurement -- The Ministry of Defence (MoD) -- Part B -- The EU and procurement EU competition procurement cycle for goods and services -- EU procurement directives -- The main provisions of the directives in relation to contracts -- Summary -- References and further reading -- Part 2 Key Procurement issues -- Chapter 4 Outsourcing -- Introduction -- Objectives of this chapter -- Outsourcing -- Outsourcing methodologies -- Outsourcing -- pitfalls -- How to avoid pitfalls -- Summary -- References and further reading -- Chapter 5 Quality management -- Introduction -- Objectives of this chapter -- What is quality? -- Statistical process control Taguchi methods for the 'off-line' control of quality -- Failure mode and effect analysis -- Specification -- Producing a specification -- Early supplier involvement -- Concurrent engineering -- Standardisation -- Supplier assessment -- Economics of quality -- Quality circles -- The seven wastes -- Value analysis/value engineering -- Make-or-buy decisions -- Six Sigma -- Summary -- References and further reading -- Chapter 6 Inventory management -- Introduction -- Objectives of this chapter -- Provisioning systems -- Order quantities and stock control -- Order quantities for production
• Edition: Eleventh edition
• Publisher Details: Harlow, United Kingdom : Pearson Education
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 594 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 658.7/2; Purchasing -- Management; Industrial procurement -- Management; Achat -- Gestion; Gestion de l'approvisionnement; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; Industrial procurement -- Management; Purchasing -- Management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781292016030; 1292016035
• Related ISBNs: 9781292016016; 1292016019
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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