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Author Jiang, Zhenying, author.

Title Procurement management in the supply chain environment : a practical guide to understanding procurement management and enhancing procurement effectiveness and efficiency / Zhenying Jiang, PhD
Published Witney, Oxford, UK : Chartridge Books Oxford, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (377 pages)
Contents Cover -- HalfTitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Features of this book -- Preface -- 1 Overview of Procurement Supply Chain Management -- 1.1 Supply chain management -- 1.1.1 The emergence and development of supply chain management thinking -- 1.1.1.1 The inevitable emergence and development in supply chain management -- A. Constant content upgrades in market competition accelerate the emergence and development of supply chain management thinking
B. The process of building modern firm core competitiveness promotes the rapid development of supply chain management thinking -- C. The rapid development in science and technology provides supply chain management with reliable technical support and material conditions -- 1.1.1.2 Evolution of supply chain management -- 1.1.2 Classification and main characteristics of the supply chain -- 1.1.2.1 Supply chain category -- A. Classified in accordance with supply chain operating range -- B. Divided according to areas and functions in the supply chain
1.1.2.2 The main characteristics of the supply chain -- A. Demand-oriented -- B. Dynamic and uncertain -- C. Structural complexity -- 1.1.3 Supply chain management framework -- A. Supply chain (network) structure -- B. Supply chain (business) processes -- C. Supply chain (management) components -- 1.2 Procurement management -- 1.2.1 Position and role of procurement -- A. Procurement and production operations -- B. Procurement and project construction -- C. Procurement and cost control -- D. Procurement and profit -- E. Procurement and risk control -- 1.2.2 Major characteristics of procurement
A. Technical and economic characteristics -- B. Demand-driven characteristics -- C. Synergistic characteristics -- D. Variability and uncertainty -- E. Highly interweaving nature in responsibility and rights -- 1.2.3 Basic procurement law -- A. Competitiveness -- B. Gaming -- C. Law of value -- 1.2.4 Development phases for procurement management -- A. Physical purchase phase -- B. Cost procurement phase -- C. Value acquisition phase -- 1.2.5 Limitations of traditional procurement management -- A. Major problem of traditional procurement -- 1. Misinterpretation for status and role of procurement
2. Failure in systematic reconstruction on procurement management system and operational mechanism -- 3. Decisive role of demand management over procurement performance is ignored -- 4. Rivalry competition between purchaser and supplier -- 5. Procurement has more business operation components with less management control and is limited only in operation functions -- B. Main challenges for traditional procurement management -- 1. To reduce the total cost of the procurement supply chain -- 2. Quick response to user's needs -- 3. Continuously optimize the supplier network
Summary Annotation The book provides new research on process reengineering. It focuses on how to increase operational efficiency and lower total cost through improving the whole process of procurement and supply chain. This book provides a complete set of system theory and policy approaches for reforming management systems, transforming operational mechanisms, reengineering business processes and controlling supply risks. The purpose is to help purchasing managers at all levels to solve the thorny issues of how to prevent power rent seeking, how to achieve open and fair justice and how to handle the relationship of quality and delivery. The author is Zhenying Jiang, PhD in Management and a professor-level senior economist; he is the director of the China Petrochemical Corporation Safety Supervision Bureau, and Safety Supervision Department director of the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation. Contents:1. Overview of Procurement Supply Chain Management2. Demand Management3. Supplier Management4. Procurement Management System and Operation Mechanism5. Logistics and Inventory Management6. Information Management7. Establishment and Operation Conditions for the Procurement Supply ChainCase 1: Corporate Centralized Procurement Practices of SINOPECCase 2: SINOPEC Supplier Management PracticesCase 3: SINOPEC Unified Reserve System PracticesCase 4: E-Procurement at SINOPECCase 5: Procurement Supply Chain Practice forSeamless Alloy Pipes in SINOPECCase 6: Construction Practice for the Coal Logistics Bases in SINOPECCase 7: Valve Procurement Supply Chain Management at SINOPEC's Nanjing region
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Purchasing.
procurement.
purchasing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Purchasing
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781911033196
1911033190