Materials and purchasing management / S.A. Chunawalla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chunawalla, S. A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial procurement--Management.

Industrial procurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mumbai [India] : Himalaya Pub. House, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Purchasing and Materials tie-up huge capital in any industry. When managed properly it has greatest scope to improve profits. It is a actually a subject that deals with several R's right source, right price, right quantity, right quality, right place and right time. All these R's have been discussed in detail in this book. It also explains the intricacies of government purchasing. There are laws that affect the entire function and all these have been discussed in the book in suffcient details.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; Nature and Scope of Materials; Purchasing Principles, Practices and Procedures; Materials Planning; Managing Quality; Quality Control and Improvement; Materials Specifications; Sources of Supply: Vendor Selection and Rating; Buyer-Seller Negotiations; Pricing Theory, Pricing Practices and Contracts; Purchase of Capital Equipment and Leasing; Make-or-Buy; Value Analysis; Import Purchasing; Independent Demand Inventory; Dependent Demand Inventory:Materials Requirement Planning(MRP); Receiving and Store-Keeping; Waste Management -Management of Surplus and Scrap

Materials Handling Equipment Classification and Codification; Purchasing Personnel Management; Evaluation of Purchasing Performance; Legal Aspects of Purchasing; Transportation and Traffic Management; Logistics Management; Government as a Purchaser; Materials Management as a Profession

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-80201-1

9786612802010

1-4416-7228-1

93-5043-241-2

600-00-3923-9

OCLC:

700691259