The Nature of Purchasing
Insights from Research and Practice
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Beschreibung
This book describes real-world purchasing problems faced by companies and presents solutions that apply scientific approaches. It is based on the premise that for many of the advanced challenges in purchasing current, simple decision-making models will be insufficient. Especially in complex and ambiguous situations, purchasers benefit from understanding the broader context with the help of recent scientific research.
Focusing on the problems that purchasers face in managerial practice rather than oversimplified generalizations, the book features step-by-step explanations, allowing readers to find tailored solutions to address challenges in key purchasing areas. The book was written in collaboration with purchasing and supply management experts, and merges perspectives from theory and practice to provide appropriate strategies for purchasers.
This book was created in the spirit of learning from nature in the field of professional purchasing. It describes real-world purchasing problems faced by companies as well as individuals and presents natural hands-on solutions that apply scientific approaches. The book answers what the core of purchasing could be, the inner structure of it or in other words the natural way. Nature masters effectiveness based on immanent laws and ensures efficiency by best results for minimal invest. Especially in complex and ambiguous situations, purchasers benefit from this book by understanding the broader context with the help of recent scientific research.
Focusing on the problems that purchasers face in managerial practice rather than oversimplified generalizations, the book features step-by-step explanations, allowing readers to find tailored solutions to address challenges in key purchasing areas. The book was written in collaboration and with the help of experts in purchasingand logistics, biology, law and economics, human resource development, media and sports, and merges perspectives from theory and practice to provide natural strategies for purchasers.
Applies a scientific approach to understand practical purchasing challenges and their solutions Broadens the scope of current approaches to purchasing management and strategy Integrates pricing, supply chain knowledge with behavioral insights from psychology
Autor*in
Florian Schupp
Themen in »The Nature of Purchasing«
Tactical aspects of purchasing Psychological aspects of purchasing Skills for purchasing in emerging markets Failure management in purchasing Mitigating price risks for commodities Supply chain and purchasing B2B marketing approaches Innovation scouts in purchasing Supplier portfolio management