Purchasing in the 21st Century
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This topical guide demonstrates how to create new partnerships with suppliers and dramatically increase the performance of a company's overall purchasing operation. Contains excellent insights on leveraging the role of purchasing to achieve competitive advantage in supplier quality, product delivery and new product development. Covers such issues as implementing accurate supplier scheduling, selecting the best performance measures for suppliers and attaining consistent on-time deliveries, decreased lead times and overall cost reduction of purchased materials.
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Purchasing's New Leadership Role.
Profile of a Good Supplier.
The Basics of Supplier Scheduling.
Raising the High Bar.
Organizing for Supplier Scheduling.
Supplier Quality Assurance.
Supplier Base Reduction.
Synchronized Deliveries.
The Customer/Supplier Relationship.
Profile of a Good Buyer.
Supplier Scheduling in Special Situations.
Performance Measurements.
MRP II and JIT/TQC in Purchasing—Making It Work.
Create a Spark, Ignite Change.
Appendices.
Index.
