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Supplier Evaluation & Performance Excellence
A Guide to Meaningful Metrics and Successful Results
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2008
Understanding supplier performance is vital to ensuring a well-functioning supply network. This how-to book will help you develop and implement an evaluation process to help you reduce costs, lower risk, and improve both the performance of your company and your suppliers. This practical text includes...
Spend Analysis
The Window into Strategic Sourcing
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2008
A growing number of senior executives are coming to realize that strategic supply management can be a significant driver of improved corporate performance and better risk management. Spend analysis is the most critical component, and the starting point, of strategic supply management and is essential...
Supply Market Intelligence for Procurement Professionals
Research, Process, and Resources
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
In many organizations, procurement has evolved from a tactical, transaction-oriented department into a strategic function responsible for establishing spend management objectives for the entire organization. While the tools they use and the skills they possess have increased overall effectiveness and...
Enterprise Sales and Operations Planning
Synchronizing Demand, Supply and Resources for Peak Performance
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2002
Operational excellence cannot be achieved by technology alone. An effective sales and operations planning (S&OP) process is essential to successfully implement any integrated management system, such as enterprise resources planning or supply chain management. This book illustrates the effective real...
Guide to Producing Garments in Vietnam
Vietnam Garments Insider
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Thank you for buying my book that prepares you for garment manufacturing in Vietnam. My aim is to share knowledge and insight so that your fashion dream can be realized in Vietnam. I prepare you to meet Vietnamese sewing factory owners.
My name is Chris and I have been working with garment...
Procurement Project Management Success
Achieving a Higher Level of Effectiveness
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Procurement Project Management Success integrates supply management best practices and processes with those applicable from the field of project management. It explains how to initiate, plan, manage, and complete both simple and complex procurement projects successfully. Through the use of scheduling,...
by Lei Lei, Leonardo DeCandia, Rosa Oppenheim;Yao Zhao
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
This book, developed in collaboration with the Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management and based upon research projects conducted with over 100 participating corporations, combines theory and practice in presenting the concepts necessary for strategic implementation of supply chain management techniques...
The Supply Chain Revolution
Innovative Sourcing and Logistics for a Fiercely Competitive World
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Across a range of industries, once-leading companies are in trouble: Walmart, IBM, Pfizer, HP, and The Gap to name a few. But others are thriving. The difference is how the company’s leaders view their supply chain: Is it just about cutting cost or do they see its hidden tools for outperforming...
by Palani Murugappan
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
The word "Cost Reduction" usually sends shivers to any employee as the first thing that comes on their mind is they may be next in line to be retrenched (worst case scenario). Alternatively, the cost reduction exercise may case many existing privileges to be removed. Thus, any cost reducing...
Enterprise Contract Management
A Practical Guide to Successfully Implementing an ECM Solution
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2008
Globalization, increased economic and geopolitical uncertainty, technological advancements, and a rise in the number of regulations and legislations have led to a significant rise in the importance, volume, and complexity of modern contractual agreements. Yet, in spite of these profound changes, many...
Diagnosing Greatness
Ten Traits of the Best Supply Chains
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
Diagnosing Greatness is the first supply chain book targeted at all levels and functions of business management. It explains how business performance can be enhanced through a concerted effort to implement improvements across a full supply chain network. Using a significant amount of academic studies,...
by Evelyn Jameson
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
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by Cheryl Russell
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2006
For the small business owner, every dollar you can save by reducing costs goes directly to the bottom line in increased profits. This new book details over 2,000 specific ways that your company can reduce costs today.
This is not a theory book; there is practical advice on thousands of innovative...
by Prof Martin Christopher
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
The UK’s bestselling book on logistics and supply chain management – over 100,000 copies sold.
Effective development and management of supply chain networks helps businesses cut costs and enhance customer value. This updated 5th edition is a clear guide to all the key topics in...