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When is it less favorable to obtain quotes or sealed bids when you have no clear product or service specification?

When you have no price forecast or budget.
When you don't know of any capable suppliers.
When no purchase has been approved.
When there is no advantage in obtaining competitive bids.
Where any cost saving would be insignificant.
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Strategic Supply Management

Author:
Robert J. Trent

Description:

This is a must read for any procurement or supply management professional; finance, operations, and engineering functional managers; executives who interact on a regular basis with supply management professionals; and academics and students.

Key Features:

  • Summarizes what a leading supply management organization looks like today, completely defines strategic supply management best practices, and provides a clear understanding of the leadership required to achieve a set of demanding supply objectives and global supply chain strategies
  • Explains the four critical enablers underlying strategic supply management, all of which are prerequisites to the pursuit of more sophisticated supply management activities: 
    • organizational design
    • measurement
    • information technology
    • human resources
  • Discusses how to develop global supply chain strategies and follow supply management best practices that can lead to sustained competitive advantage
  • Presents information about specific concepts, processes, supply management best practices, tools, and real company examples in each chapter and includes end-of-chapter questions to help facilitate discussion and learning

Your Price: $50.00