The Purchasing Chessboard

• Main Authors: Schuh, Christian. (Author), Kromoser, Robert. (Author), Strohmer, Michael F. (Author), Přez, Ramn̤ Romero. (Author), Triplat, Alenka. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Economics.; Industrial management.; Industrial procurement.; Economics/Management Science.; Procurement.; Management/Business for Professionals.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88725-6

The "golden" age of purchasing, in which it was relatively easy to achieve annual cost reductions of between one and three percent, has come to an end. The major reasons for this are the consolidation in many supplier markets, rising energy costs, and growing resource consumption in many e...

Table of Contents:

• Purchasing: between a rock and a hard place? Survey results: the state of purchasing in industry; A paradigm shift in purchasing
• From four basic strategies to 64 methods: Manage spend; Change nature of demand; Leverage competition among suppliers; Seek joint advantage with supplier
• Using the Purchasing ChessboardTM: A company<U+0019>s fingerprint on the Purchasing ChessboardTM; Example of applying the Purchasing ChessboardTM
• The Purchasing ChessboardTM
• Closing Remarks.