Strategic Purchasing and Supply Management A Strategy-Based Selection of Suppliers /

• Main Author: Moser, Roger (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : DUV, 2007.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Industrial procurement.; Business and Management.; Procurement.; Operations Management.

Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM) is still not considered a strategic function in many companies although on average more than half of a company’s value proposition stems from its suppliers. In today’s economy, companies which neglect the strategic management of their supply base fall behind th...

Table of Contents:

• Problem situation and research approach
• A theory-based perspective on the value of purchasing and supply management and its supply base for the generation of competitive advantages
• Strategy-based supplier selection
• Research methodology, data analysis and empirical results
• Summary.