Product Description

By applying Strategic Sourcing concepts, The Walt Disney Company realized $300 millions in annual savings, BellSouth improved its results by $1 billion, and IBM achieved 5% improvement in their margins. These are just a few of the many companies exploring the benefits of Strategic Sourcing, the next evolutionary step in Supply-Chain. Strategic Sourcing is a coordinated effort between the different areas of the organization and external partners. It helps companies to focus on the smart way of investing their resources. More than a guide for implementing Strategic Sourcing, this book talks about the importance of building strategic partnerships. At the end, you will realize that business relationships are not so different from personal ones.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #943668 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

Customer Reviews

Supply-Customer relationships unveiled
Mr. Xavier drew a new useful and humane approach of this critical area of managers' worries.
In the reading, I've got new glimpses of suppling-purchasing relationships that will help me to adress some still unresolved problems in this area.
The book is really worth be read by professionals, students and schollars.

Great information, but needed to be proofread!
The book contains a lot of valuable information, but they needed to invest in a decent proofreading service. The mistakes effect the readability a little bit, but you can still get the main idea.