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Applied Materials Management

First Edition

S Chatterjee - Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad

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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

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S Chatterjee

S Chatterjee is presently a member of faculty in the Operations Management area at the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad. He is a Mechanical Engineer from BITS, Pilani, and obtained a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore and his Ph.D. from Barkatullah University, Bhopal. He began his professional career with TELCO, Pune, where he worked for two years in the production and maintenance departments. Dr Chatterjee then worked with BHEL, Bhopal, for over 17 years. In 2002, he shifted to an... More About Author

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