Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Purchasing & Buying

Georg Sorge beschreibt in seinem Buch alle Phasen der erfolgreichen Verhandlungsfuhrung im Einkauf von der richtigen Vorbereitung bis zum Abschluss und der Nachbereitung. Nach den Grundlagen der Kommunikation, Psychologie und Soziologie, die beim Verhandeln eine Rolle spielen, werden die Besonderheiten von Verhandlungen im Bereich Einkauf thematisiert. Der Autor bringt seine langjahrige Erfahrung aus der eigenen Einkaufs- und Verkaufspraxis sowie aus Verhandlungsseminaren in die Darstellungen mit ein und stellt das notwendige Rustzeug fur professionelle Verhandlungsfuhrer vor. Das Buch...

Der Praxisleitfaden bietet eine Einfuhrung in den Einkauf von Reiseleistungen. Der strategische Einkauf von Geschaftsreisen wird in vielen Unternehmen immer noch stiefmutterlich behandelt. Eine klar erkennbare Tendenz ist aber, dass die Zustandigkeit fur das Thema, wenn Unternehmen sich damit beschaftigen, in den Einkauf gegeben wird. Haufig wird die Zustandigkeit fur den Einkauf von Geschaftsreisen einem strategischen Einkaufer zugeschlagen, ohne dass dieser Fachkenntnisse im Bereich Geschaftsreisen sammeln konnte.

Das Buch behandelt die Bereiche Flug, Bahn, Mietwagen und...

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Fleet Purchasing and Maintenanceis a concise, easy to understand guide on vehicle purchasing and fleet maintenance for the benefit of business and maintenance managers at all levels, plus students and academics. Not a textbook full of formulas but a guide containing both detail and insights for the practicing fleet and financial manager.

The book first covers all aspects of the vehicle and fleet purchasing process from the perspective of the purchaser. It then discusses, in detail, the process of how to approach a fleet purchase once the decision is made....

Authored by a team of experts, the new edition of this bestseller presents practical techniques for managing inventory and production throughout supply chains. It covers the current context of inventory and production management, replenishment systems for managing individual inventories within a firm, managing inventory in multiple locations and firms, and production management. The book presents sophisticated concepts and solutions with an eye towards today s economy of global demand, cost-saving, and rapid cycles. It explains how to decrease working capital and how to deal with...

This book focuses on the new challenges created for managers by the recent recession. Executives need to learn new skills and run companies delivering results under an entirely new set of conditions and working environments. This book analyzes these issues and provides step-by-step guidance on how to improve decision making. It provides readers with management tools that enhance the opportunity for positive growth and better results. The book maintains a focus on the changes in the new economy and how to manage successfully in this new environment.

This book includes broad coverage of production and associated services. Since the success of manufacturing operations depends on the demand information and costs and revenue, qualitative and quantitative techniques of demand forecasting and also financial analysis are covered in this book. Topics such as facilities layout, inventory, project management, production, planning and management are explained in detail. Additional topics include quality control and work study.

Compared to other main groups of procurement, capital equipment features numerous characteristics that significantly impact the purchasing process. The process of purchasing capital equipment therefore requires specific attention and above all a systematic approach. To overcome these challenges, a holistic process model and specific tools and methods for capital equipment purchasing are presented.

The following topics regarding capital equipment purchasing are presented:

- Compliance management

- Savings measurement

- Life cycle costs and total cost of...

The role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) is becoming more strategic and even more important as procurement is affected by technological advances, changing demographics, geo-political and macro-economic change, and an increased focus on sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility. In The Procurement Value Proposition, Gerard Chick and Robert Handfield consider how these global economic changes will alter purchasing strategies, organizational structure, role and responsibility, system development, and the skills required to work in the profession.

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Industrial Engineering: Management, Tools, and Applications, Three Volume Set provides innovation applications and case studies that are drawn from multiple countries. The chapters in the books represent the best papers from the International Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIIE) Conference held in Istanbul in June 2013, sponsored by the IIE. The books showcase real-life case studies and applications that are set internationally, and allow students and practitioners to learn from best practices and also to study the growth of the discipline internationally.

Global Logistics...

The second volume of a three-volume series on global logistics management, this book focuses on recent developments and implementations of operations research techniques on selected logistic problems in emerging countries. The book covers topics ranging from quality management in pharmaceutical supply chains to risk analysis of maritime ports and identifies quality management practices that impact supply chain performance using empirical data from pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in Pakistan. It provides case studies and discusses the application of IE tools.