{"product_id":"the-purchasing-machine-how-the-top-ten-companies-use-best-practices-to-manage-their-supply-chains-9780684857763","title":"The Purchasing Machine: How the Top Ten Companies Use Best Practices to Manage Their Supply Chains","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery day companies leave billions of dollars in invisible  unrealized savings on the table because of poor supply chain management practices. Now supply management experts Dave Nelson  Patricia E. Moody  and Jonathan Stegner show not only how leading companies recoup these savings through their mastery of target costing  value engineering  and supplier development  but how supply chain management -- the discipline of acquiring and moving material -- has become a manufacturing companys hottest competitive weapon. Based on a survey of 247 purchasing managers and more than 1 000 hours of interviews and on-site visits  the authors have selected ten top firms whose supply management pioneers excel at twenty \"best practices.\" With cases and stories  Nelson  Moody  and Stegner show how these leading-edge purchasing departments at American Express  SmithKline Beecham  DaimlerChrysler  Harley-Davidson  Honda of America  IBM  John Deere  Whirlpool  Flextronics  and Sun Microsystems have put into place pathbreaking processes and procedures. Here  for example  described in step-by-step detail  are Chryslers SCORE program and Hondas strategic sourcing strategy that saved the companies billions. The book also includes a crucial section on the next stage of supplier development that will involve the sourcing and allocation of ideas as well as materials. The authors provide concrete  practical steps to improvement that any supply chain manager can take to successfully implement these best practices. The Purchasing Machine will be required reading for logistics  purchasing  and procurement managers in hundreds of thousands of companies. The authoritative nature of the authors source material is certain to make this the single most important and practical reference on best purchasing practices for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648206594101,"sku":"ByrdShop_0684857766","price":26.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780684857763.jpg?v=1781712579","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-purchasing-machine-how-the-top-ten-companies-use-best-practices-to-manage-their-supply-chains-9780684857763","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}