Best practice procurement : public and private sector perspectives /
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, c2001. |
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| Description: | xxv, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4658943 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction
- Part 1. Supply chain management
- Introduction
- 1. Co-evolutionary purchasing: several steps beyond supply chain management?
- 2. Power, cost and value appropriation in the publishing supply and value chain
- 3. The role of main contractors in developing customer focus up and down construction's supply chain
- 4. Environmental purchasing: tools of engagement
- 5. A comprehensive conceptual model for managing environmental impacts, costs and risks in supply chains
- Part 2. Outsourcing and partnership
- Introduction
- 6. Outsourcing: a national and sector level perspective on policy and practice
- 7. A framework for classification of services to gain strategic purchasing insights
- 8. Supplier classification as an enabler for a differentiated purchasing strategy
- 9. Beyond the 'core versus non-core' logic: the need for a contingency model for effective outsourcing in the public and private sectors
- 10. The role of power in partnership relationships: an empirical investigation of the current body of knowledge
- Part 3. Organization and management
- Introduction
- 11. From ideology to action: options, issues, roadblocks and realities of driving change in purchasing and supply
- 12. Getting to the fundamentals in procurement training
- 13. A cross-sector comparison of purchasing team use
- 14. A quart from a pint pot? Developing the effective use of purchasing consortia
- Part 4. Electronic commerce
- Introduction
- 15. The impact of electronic commerce on purchasing in the supply chain
- 16. The strategic contribution of e-commerce to MRO procurement
- 17. Supporting decentralized supplier management by publishing tenders on the Internet
- 18. Making use of Internet technology to achieve lean management in the West Midlands automotive supply chain
- 19. Purchasing consortia and Internet technology
- Part 5. Performance evaluation
- Introduction
- 20. Performance evaluation within the DVLA
- 21. Purchasing performance in the UK's Higher Education sector - functional measures to help in strategic development for the 21st century
- 22. Benchmarking for strategic procurement: practices of Polish companies in an international context
- 23. Textbook methods for auditing purchasing and supply management: do they work in practice?
- 24. Process management and performance measurement in the supply chain: a food distribution case
- Index
