Strategic procurement: Organizing suppliers and supply chains for competitive advantage
Caroline Booth.
- 2nd edition.
- 210p. Illus.
Areas: Management; Business Operations
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no company is an island know what your customers value right first time know your core handling the complexity what's the issue we cam all do procurement executive sponsorship and priorities strategy in context knowing what the business needs picking the right suppliers understanding your spend the secrets of sourcing sharing the pain in hard times avoiding the perils of outsourcing corporate responsibility good procurement across the company becoming important to key supplies supply continuity cyber crime and the weakest link reputational risk continuous improvement reducing total cost mergers and acquisitions keeping procurement on the agenda