Implementing best purchasing and supply management practices : lessons from innovative commercial firms /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 2002.
Description:	xxvii, 201 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Documented briefing ; DB-334-AF Documented briefing (Rand Corporation) ; DB-334-AF.
Subject:	Business logistics. Purchasing -- Management. Business logistics. Industrial procurement. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4680633

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Other authors / contributors:	Moore, Nancy Y., 1947- Project Air Force (U.S.)
ISBN:	0833030078
Notes:	"Prepared for the United States Air Force." "Project AIR FORCE." Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-201).

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Summary
Acronyms
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. A Strategic, Goal-Oriented Approach to Purchasing and Supply Management
3. Formal Implementation Programs to Support Successful, Permanent Change
4. Findings Relevant to the Air Force
Appendix
A. Supply Management at John Deere
B. Skills That Effective Purchasing and Supply Management Personnel Need
C. Bristol-Myers Squibb Purchasing Initiatives
D. General Background on Developing and Using Information about Best Commercial Practices
E. Examples of Strategic Supply-Base Reduction
F. Interview Questions
References

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