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Applied Materials Management
First Edition
- S Chatterjee - Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad
Other Titles in:
Operations Management
Operations Management
October 2004 | 191 pages | SAGE Response
Dealing with an important topic for all manufacturing units, this book discusses the procedures, policies and systems required to govern and monitor the systematic and cost-effective procurement of material and to manage related activities.
It deals in detail with the entire process of material management in its actual application. Key aspects focused on include: purchasing and how it works; sourcing the right material; management of inventories; international trade and materials management; and the logistics of material management.
Introduction
The Purchasing Function
Sourcing the Right Material
Inventory Management
Overseas Procurement in Materials Management
Further Related Issues in Overseas Procurement
Management of Transit Risk
Logistics of Materials Movement - the Vital Link