Customer Reviews

Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

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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.

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

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.

This book is a good introduction for any supply chain professional to the world of purchasing. It gives the basics for any industry on sourcing and procurement, and I really liked how specific company examples are used to address common concerns. Whether you are just starting out or looking to keep up with current trends, this is the book.

The book seems to repeat the same things across few chapters example is role of purchasing and different pro's and con's. The recommended practices and business cases are nice to read, but many of those practices got many companies in trouble. Example: book recommends giving procurement cards to all employee and giving them approvals to buy things under $50 to minimize purchasing costs of office supplies and such. Result is that every employee has a stash of everything and huge amount of money is wasted. Additionally, what is recommended by the book is contradicted by its business cases. Example: companies should develop and work in a trusted relationship with its suppliers to achieve most benefits for both. This would include things like vendors performing statistical quality control etc. Next thing is a business case that shows how a company should quality inspect all of its purchases. This seems to be a problem.

I think this book is a good intro to supply chain and has some ideas to get you started, but too much energy is wasted figuring out what the tried and recommended approaches are.

The book is GREAT! Easy to understand with current and relevant sourcing examples! I am an engineering major taking an MBA course and the book is a GREAT help in understanding the material. However, I am a little biased as my professor is an author of the book!

I bought this book for my college class and found it so valuable and full of good info that I kept it instead of trading in. Good general book to reference if you work in supply chain.

I got the book very quickly adn the book was in great condition. I would buy from them again