Commodity Procurement with Operational and Financial Instruments

• Main Author: Arnold, Jan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Gabler, 2010.
• Subjects: Business.; Organization.; Planning.; Production management.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.

The recent economic developments have strongly increased the interest in altering raw material prices and especially in the protection from volatile and increasing prices. Jan Arnold integrates financial and operational aspects into a holistic approach to commodity procurement. He shows how to combi...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals and Literature Review
• Procurement with Deterministic Costs
• Procurement with Stochastic Costs
• Conclusions and Outlook.