Strategic Purchasing & Supply

This text enables readers to develop an understanding of the contribution of purchasing and supply chain management to different types of businesses and organizations, nationally and internationally. This edition examines the role of IT in purchasing and supply chain managment strategies. The second edition has been greatly improved by the addition of subheadings and diagrams illustrating the structure of the book and guiding the reader to appropriate chapters. Each chapter contains student objectives, cases, discussion questions, summary and references to further reading.