Purchasing and Supply Chain Management [Hardcover]

Robert M. Monczka (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0324023154 | ISBN-13: 978-0324023152 | Publication Date: July 20, 2001 | Edition: 2

Purchasing is the culmination of discussions with top purchasing executives developed through an initiative known as the Global Procurement and Supply Chain Benchmarking Initiative at Michigan State University. The authors' experiences combine to create a managerial perspective of the core tasks and challenges required to effectively manage the purchasing function. This text is unique in that it is the first purchasing textbook to employ a truly strategic perspective. While prior books have dealt with many components of buying materials, the authors have sought to identify the contributions that purchasing can make to corporate and business strategies, through the development of integrated procurement and sourcing strategies. The book contains twenty cases that have been developed and used in the classroom.

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About the Author

Dr. Robert M. Monczka is Director, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain Strategy Research, The Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies (CAPS); Distinguished Research Professor of Supply Chain Management, The College of Business at Arizona State University(ASU) and a National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM) Professor at ASU. He is also Professor Emeritus, The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University. For over 25 years, Dr. Monczka has researched, taught and consulted about strategic purchasing/sourcing and supply chain management strategies and implementation processes. He directed and lead a "first-of-its-kind" third party benchmarking initiative and has been Principle Investigator on two major National Science Foundation projects in the area of procurement and supply chain best strategy and practice. Over the years, he has advised senior executives in more than 200 of the Fortune 500 companies worldwide. He is currently leading CAPS Research Project 10X aimed at breakthrough performance improvements. Dr. Monczka has authored six books and over one hundred publications throughout his career. He is Contributing Editor on Sourcing Strategy for Purchasing Magazine and Associate Editor of the Journal of Supply Chain Management.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 760 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 2 edition (July 20, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324023154
• ISBN-13: 978-0324023152
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,210,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference work, July 24, 2000

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Dick Locke (Walnut Creek, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (Hardcover)

If you want one book explaining state-of-the-art thinking in procurement, this is the one. It has chapters on every important topic. It's not a book I would choose to read from beginning to end to learn about purchasing (unless I were a University student) but it's a good starting point for looking deeper into many topics.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good vision, April 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (Hardcover)

One of the best of its type - good mix of strategic and tactical. could have been shorter

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of 3rd edition of P and SC, October 4, 2009

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Badrinarayanan Ravendran "Badri" (Raleigh, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Purchasing and Supply Chain (with InfoTrac ) (Hardcover)

The book contains lots of useful information for a purchasing/procurement personnel. The book becomes interesting when you have cases/project in hand and refer the book frequently for information and direction. Reading the book end to end is almost impossible.