Description:This is the second edition of the award-winning book for aspiring purchasing and supply chain managers and anyone with a keen interest in this rapidly evolving field.For too long business has focused on short-term cost advantages through low-cost country sourcing with little regard for the longer-term implications of global sustainability. Purchasing and Supply Chain Management 2E not only fully addresses the environmental, social and economic challenges on how companies manage purchasing and supply chains, but delves deeper into emerging areas such as modern slavery, digital technologies and circular supply chains.In addition to explaining the basic principles and processes of both purchasing and supply chain management, the book evaluates how to develop strategic and sustainable purchasing and supply chain management. Our key message is that purchasing and supply chain management needs to focus on value creation rather than cost cutting. This requires the development of new purchasing and supply chain models that involve circular supply structures, supply chain transparency and collaboration with new stakeholders in traditional sourcing and supply chain settings.Aimed at students, educators and practitioners the book integrates sustainability into each chapter as a core element of purchasing and supply chain management. This second edition incorporates new examples and case studies from industry throughout, striking a balance between theoretical frameworks and guidelines for implementation in practice.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: A Sustainability Perspective. To get started finding Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: A Sustainability Perspective, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: A Sustainability Perspective
Description: This is the second edition of the award-winning book for aspiring purchasing and supply chain managers and anyone with a keen interest in this rapidly evolving field.For too long business has focused on short-term cost advantages through low-cost country sourcing with little regard for the longer-term implications of global sustainability. Purchasing and Supply Chain Management 2E not only fully addresses the environmental, social and economic challenges on how companies manage purchasing and supply chains, but delves deeper into emerging areas such as modern slavery, digital technologies and circular supply chains.In addition to explaining the basic principles and processes of both purchasing and supply chain management, the book evaluates how to develop strategic and sustainable purchasing and supply chain management. Our key message is that purchasing and supply chain management needs to focus on value creation rather than cost cutting. This requires the development of new purchasing and supply chain models that involve circular supply structures, supply chain transparency and collaboration with new stakeholders in traditional sourcing and supply chain settings.Aimed at students, educators and practitioners the book integrates sustainability into each chapter as a core element of purchasing and supply chain management. This second edition incorporates new examples and case studies from industry throughout, striking a balance between theoretical frameworks and guidelines for implementation in practice.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: A Sustainability Perspective. To get started finding Purchasing and Supply Chain Management: A Sustainability Perspective, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.