The popular press and executives with todays leading organizations consider this book to be the definitive work on procurement/supply base management. CEOs, CFOs, CPOs, and their boards who are interested in increasing shareholder value need to read this handbook and make it required reading for their management and procurement teams.

This reference covers world class strategies and practices in supply management and explains how to incorporate the use of procurement/supply management technology into advanced sourcing practices to produce significant competitive advantage. Readers learn how to select the right strategies and which metrics must be in place to achieve success.

In this follow-up to the bestseller "Straight to the Bottom Line," the authors and their panel of distinguished contributors provide a proven transformation model, and outline the critical success factor leading a company to the next level in procurement practices and performance, to further improve bottom line results.