The Purchasing Machine
Subtitle: How the Top Ten Companies Use Best Practices to Manage Their Supply Chains
Publisher: Free Press
Published: March 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780684857763
Subjects: Management & management techniques; Purchasing & supply management; Strategic Planning; Case studies; Materials Management; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Purchasing & Buying; Business/Economics; Corporate & Business History - Strategies; Business & Economics / Systems & Planning; Management - General; Business logistics
First sentence: EVERY DAY, thousands of companies leave billions of dollars on the table, hard-earned dollars that could have appeared in lower consumer prices, exciting products or fatter shareholder returns.