- The role of purchasing in the supply chain
- Industrial buying behaviour: decision making in purchasing
- The purchasing process: the buyer's role
- Markets and products
- The purchasing management process
- Purchasing intellegence and market research
Strategy and planning
- Outsourcing and risk management
- Purchasing and business strategy
- Sourcing strategy: getting better results from suppliers
- Purchasing and supply strategy: electronic marketplaces and e-procurement
- Purchasing, new product development and quality control
- Purchasing and supply chain management
- Getting organized for purchasing
- Purchasing performance measurement
Practice
- Supplier assessment: cost approaches and techniques
- Negotiating techniques and rules of conduct
- Buying for retail companies
- Facility management and buying of services
- Public procurement and EC directives
Bron: Weele, A.J. van (2005). Purchasing & Supply Chain Management: Analysis, Strategy, Planning and Practice. London: Thomson Learning.
