Managing buyer-supplier relations : the winning edge through specification management / Rajesh Nellore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nellore, Rajesh, 1969-

Series:

Routledge studies in business organization and networks ; 17.

Routledge studies in business organization and networks ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial procurement.

Relationship marketing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Managing suppliers is a complex process that is often underestimated. This book presents research carried out by a practising manager in the automotive industry, coupled with over six hundred interviews with representatives from the automotive, aircraft and white goods industries, in order to describe the tools and techniques needed to better manage suppliers. The work offers a specification perspective, and includes analysis of models for outsourcing, visions for suppliers for capacity building, meaning of specification flow and the future of managing suppliers, including systems supply and d

Contents:

Managing Buyer-Supplier Relations The winning edge through specification management; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 A theoretical perspective on specifications; 2 Specifications: do we really understand them?; 3 Visionary-driven outsourced development; 4 Redefining the role of product specifications; 5 Mapping the flow of specifications; 6 Applications of specifications in outsourcing: building on Quinn and Hilmer; 7 Applications of specifications in outsourcing: portfolio approaches

8 Contracts to help validate specifications9 Managing systems suppliers: an uphill task; 10 Digital procurement; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-192) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-52664-4

0-429-23234-9

9786612778568

1-282-77856-0

1-134-52665-2

0-203-45858-3

9780429232343

OCLC:

62501902