Handbook for Buying and Purchasing Management
This book provides solutions to purchasing problems that every buyer and purchasing manager faces. It covers how to locate and evaluate qualified sources, obtain quality products, avoid shortages, negotiate effectively, streamline the buying process, organize the purchasing department, obtain proper specifications. It tells what you need to know about the law, about pricing and costs, and about computers to do the job effectively and accurately. The book includes policies, procedures, forms, reports, and practical guidelines and checklists to help buyers and purchasing managers eliminate late shipments, improve quality, reduce costs, control back-door selling, reduce paperwork, and save time.