Introduction, Marc Day. Part 1 The foundations for organizing purchasing: purchasing and organizational design, Richard Lamming; purchasing strategy process, Christine Harland; organizing the purchasing function, Michael Quayle; managing a portfolio of supplier relationships, Douglas K. Macbeth; outsourcing, Chris Lonsdale; financial aspects of purchasing, Colin Rigby; purchasing and costing, Marc Day; the interrelationship between purchasing and marketing, David Ford; purchasing, logistics and supply chain management, Richard Wilding. Part 2 Tactical and operational applications in purchasing management: managing and measuring for purchasing performance, Peter Stannack; business process management - opportunities and caveats, Chris Hartey and Marc Day; purchasing IS/IT software - the impact of e-business on procurement and supply management, Andrew Cox et al; purchasing and "green" issues, Barbara Morton; ethical issues in purchasing, Christopher J. Cowton and Christopher Low; purchasing research, Kenneth Lysons; purchasing and international legal issues, Paul Abbiati; countertrade, Simon Harris. Part 3 Evidence-based practice in purchasing management: purchasing for SMEs, Michael Quayle; buying electricity and gas, Kenneth Burnett; how to buy IT, Kenneth Burnett; purchasing in the higher education sector, Tom Chadwick; purchasing transportation, Kenneth Waters; purchasing in the construction sector, Mark Smalley and Neil Jarrett; further reading; appendix - regional planning institutes.
