Complexity Management with the K-Method Price Structures, IT and Controlling for Procurement of Packaging Materials /

• Main Authors: Kossmann, Daniel (Author), Kossmann, Donald (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Business.; Industrial procurement.; Computer simulation.; Management information systems.; Computer science.; Business and Management.; Procurement.; Simulation and Modeling.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.

The book describes the K-Method developed by the authors. The purpose of the K-Method is to negotiate and manage a complex portfolio of customised materials all belonging to the same purchasing group (e.g. labels). The underlying idea is to agree on prices for specification features, instead of givi...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction to the Book
• Definitions and typical issues
• The K-Method, example of a price formula
• Solutions for big issues using the K-Method
• Reasonig for the introduction of the K-Method
• The K-Method and other industries
• Outlook on advanced technologies
• Specific issues when designing a price formula
• Implementation in the ERP system
• Specification features of selected categories
• Value analysis
• Step prices
• Consistent prices
• Deduction of the price formula.