The Purchasing Machine: How the Top Ten Companies Use Best Practices to Ma
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 147674100X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Howard Rothman. The Purchasing Machine, by supply-management professionals Dave Nelson, Patricia E. It also focuses on the leadership skills necessary to make them a reality. The authors admit that their best-practice companies (American Express, Flextronics, Whirlpool, Harley-Davidson, IBM, John Deere, Honda of America, Sun Microsystems, SmithKline Beecham, and DaimlerChrysler) aren't perfect in all areas, as evidenced by the recent tribulations of the latter automaker. Moody, and Jonathan Stegner, presents a strong argument for the growing importance of this
sloutz said Meh.. I had to read this for a graduate level book review and didn't much enjoy it. It's redundant, and I'm not a fan of the writing style. I didn't learn anything from this book that wasn't already covered in our text (this is for a purchasing management class) and I have to find a way to eek out a 15 page paper. Initially I thought that maybe I was being unfairly judgmental because I wasn't reading the book by choice, but it seems that other reviewers felt similarly.. Packed With Knowledge! One of this book's mantras is that purchasing is a lot more important these days than in decades past. The authors, Dave Nelson, Patricia Moody and Jonathon Stegner, have spent decades in the field of purchasing. Their principal argument is that now that most companies outsource their equipment and even their parts (for example, very few Dell parts are made in-house), purchasing has become not only more important, but a potential source of incredible savings. The dozen companies profiled in this book - which is meant to detail the best practices in purchasing worldwide - have realized millions of do. A Customer said And where is the beef?. Based on an extensive research project this book promises a lot but delivers nothing. The first thing that you have to recognize is that there is hardly any structure at all. Repitions abound without adding any value. The style of writing is close to unbearable - they could have put the contents into a fourth of the pages. The cases are sketchy at best; they claim to offer best practices but are nothing new. The book tries to look into the future and puts forward a wildly speculative view of what the authors think lies ahead; again they do not offer a vision but describe the status quo in future ten
Previously he led the growth of Honda's Purchasing Division, which was the recipient of the Medal of Profes-sional Excellence from Purchasing Magazine. . Dave Nelson is Vice President, Worldwide Supply Management, for Deere & Company. With Patricia Moody and Rick Mayo, he co-authored Powered by Honda
Now supply management experts Dave Nelson, Patricia E. Every day companies leave billions of dollars in invisible, unrealized savings on the table because of poor supply chain management practices. 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.. 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