Purchasing and Supply Management

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Supply Work: The Challenge and the Opportunity....Pages 3-18
Purchasing Problems in Small Enterprises....Pages 19-27
Supplying Groups of Establishments....Pages 28-38
Organizing the Supply Department....Pages 39-58
Make or Buy?....Pages 59-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
What Shall We Stock?....Pages 71-78
Designing the Stores....Pages 79-89
Operating the Stores....Pages 90-99
Materials Coding and Classification....Pages 100-108
The Principles of Stock Control....Pages 109-133
The Practice of Stock Control....Pages 134-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Computers in Supply Departments....Pages 149-156
The Legal Basis of Purchasing....Pages 157-168
The Economic Background of Purchasing (I): Restriction, Protection and Competition....Pages 169-188
The Economic Background of Purchasing (II): Price and Market....Pages 189-210
The Specification and Control of Quality....Pages 211-225
Choosing and Dealing with Suppliers....Pages 226-246
Operating the Purchase Department....Pages 247-274
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Purchase Research and Cost Reduction....Pages 277-286
The Measurement and Control of Supply Work....Pages 287-301
Back Matter....Pages 303-308