- Delivers key strategic insights and guidance on formulating and implementing a robust procurement strategy
- Provides real world case studies from leading organizations including IBM, IKEA, NASA, Nike and Tesla
- Offers powerful practical tools for managing procurement and supply from leaders in procurement
- New to this edition: Includes content on the effects of AI on procurement and how companies can navigate it, including risk management and resilience and continued updates to advancements in global and strategic sourcing
- Provides insights into the role of procurement and how critical it is for any organization's performance enhancement
Leading Procurement Strategy
Driving Value Through the Supply Chain
Develop strategies and drive value by unlocking the competitive advantages of procurement with this essential guide to sustaining your procurement performance.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9781398619517
Edition: 4
Published:
Format: 234x156
304 pages
About the book
Learn how to develop successful procurement strategies that meet the needs of the business, customers and suppliers, and lead their implementation using insights from industry leaders
Leading Procurement Strategy provides readers with a complete overview of the skills, knowledge and tools needed to implement a successful procurement strategy. The expert author team present practical advice and guidance underpinned by an extensive range of real-world case studies including IBM, IKEA, NASA, Nike and Tesla.
This fourth edition offers the latest insights into the future of procurement with the increased implementation of AI and new digital technologies like automation. This new edition also covers new approaches to risk management and resilience in light of new digital advancements. The key issues affecting the procurement function are covered throughout and readers are shown how to develop, deliver and sustain procurement performance with clear and accessible guidance.
About the authors
Carlos Mena is the Nike Professor of Supply Chain Management at Portland State University (PSU), USA. Previously, he was a faculty member at Michigan State University, USA and Cranfield University, UK.
Remko van Hoek is Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Arkansas, USA. Previously, he was Chief Procurement Officer at the Walt Disney Company, California, USA and he held executive roles at Nike, Cofely (GDF SUEZ) and PwC.
Martin Christopher is Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Cranfield School of Management, Bedfordshire, UK.
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