Sourcing Strategy Principles, Policy and Designs /

• Main Author: Seshadri, Sudhi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Business.; Management science.; Management.; Industrial procurement.; Business and Management.; Procurement.; Business and Management, general.

Sourcing Strategy is about sourcing as a long term strategic activity. Myopic purchasing management stops short with describing functional procedures and procedural innovations such as online order processing. The goal of this book is not just to document sourcing strategy, but to provide the tools...

Table of Contents:

• Principles and Policy
• Sourcing Strategy
• Outsourcing
• Architecture and Processes
• Sourcing Goals and Objectives
• The Government Sourcing Environment
• Costs and Performance Risks
• Contracts and Incentives
• Source selection
• Supplier Strategies
• Sourcing Reports and Data
• Design
• Foundations of sourcing analysis
• Sourcing Design Elements
• Risks and Rewards of Multiple Sourcing
• Capacity Constraints and Pricing
• Syndicates, Risk and Demand Uncertainty
• Risks and Resource Sharing
• Selection and Incentives for Innovation: LIC
• Selection and Incentives for Innovation: Yardstick Contracts.