TY - BOOK AU - Sollish,Fred AU - Semanik,John TI - The procurement and supply manager's desk reference SN - 9780471790433 (cloth) AV - HD39.5 .S66 2007 U1 - 658.7 PY - 2007///] CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Industrial procurement KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc. KW - Purchasing KW - Materials management N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-457) and index.; Procurement and best business practices -- Sourcing management -- Selecting suppliers and measuring performance -- Contract administration -- Administering contracts for optimum supplier performance -- Project management -- Negotiations -- Leveraging computer systems -- Quality -- Procurement's internal relationships -- Supplier relationship management -- Financial decisions for sourcing -- Material management and supply operations -- Logistics -- Providing value to the organization -- Strategic planning for procurement -- The procurement organization -- Human resources for procurement. UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006034362.html ER -