Purchasing Principle and Management

This is designed to meet the needs of the manager as a practical guide, and to satisfy the requirements of students of purchasing management, whether functional, specialist or general.;It is divided into three parts. In Part 1, purchasing is viewed within the context of overall organizational objectives - how purchasing operates in different industrial or service sectors and at different levels of the organization. Part 2 concentrates on purchasing practice of techniques: ordering systems, supply, purchase prices, international buying, buying for the retail trade, negotiation techniques. The final part looks at purchasing systems and controls and improving company performance and efficiency through effective purchasing control.;The book contains end of chapter questions and problems and also contains new case study material. This new edition also takes into account the new IPS syllabuse and contains new material on the increasing importance of computer systems and techniques and a new chpter on buying for the retail trade.;It should be useful to those in the Institute of Purchasing and Supply and to students taking BTEC Higher, Business Studies and MBA courses with a purchasing/supply element.;An ELBS/LPBB edition is available.