Capital Equipment Purchasing Optimizing the Total Cost of CapEx Sourcing /

• Main Authors: Hofmann, Erik (Author), Maucher, Daniel (Author), Hornstein, Jens (Author), den Ouden, Rainer (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Professional Supply Management, 2
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Industrial procurement.; Business and Management.; Procurement.; Operations Management.

Capital equipment purchasing can significantly influence companies’ economic success. However, in many companies the degree of professionalism of this particular form of procurement has not yet reached the required level. Likewise, from a scientific perspective, the topic leads more of a “shadowy ex...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Capital Equipment Purchasing.-  Characterisation of Capital Equipment.-  Characterisation of Capital Equipment Purchasing
•  Typical Challenges and Possible Solutions in the Procurement of Capital Equipment
• Process for the Procurement of Capital Equipment.-  Instruments and Methods of Capital Equipment Purchasing in Terms of the Players Involved.-  Instruments and Methods of Capital Equipment Purchasing in Terms of the Characteristics of Procurement Objects.-                Overall Conclusions on Capital Equipment Purchasing
•                References.