The Executives Guide to Supply Management Strategies: Building Supply Chain Thinking Into All Business Processes
by By Riggs, David A. and Robbins, Sharon L.
Category: Business & Economics , Purchasing & Buying

Uses examples drawn from the authors' experiences at General Electric, RCA, Scott Paper, Gillette, and other companies to demonstrate the competitive advantages of astute supply side management. Emphasizes a three tiered process to procurement procedure consisting of a market and evaluation process to determine best suppliers, meet the company's cost objectives and consolidate the supply base; identification of opportunities for optimizing materials and service flow and usage; and determining how changes in process, product, or technology can provide competitive advantages. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.