Preface1. The Challenge of Purchasing and Supply Management2. Objectives and Organization for Effective Purchasing and Supply Management3. Procedures and Information Flows4. Quality Specification and Inspection5. Time-Based Strategies and Quantity Decisions6. Sourcing and Supplier Selection7. Make or Buy, Outsourcing, Supplier Relations and Supply Chain Management8. Price Determination9. Purchasing Transportation Services10. Investment Recovery11. Legal Aspects of Purchasing12. Research, Budgets, Measurement and Reporting13. International Purchasing14. Public Purchasing15. Acquisition of Capital Assets16. Acquisition of Services17. Strategy in Purchasing and Supply ManagementCase IndexSubject Index
