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Title: The Purchasing Machine: How the Top Ten Companies Use Best Practices to Manage Their Supply Chains by Dave Nelson, Patricia E. Moody, Jonathan Stegner ISBN: 0-684-85776-6 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Very Average
Comment: As a purchasing professional, I turned to this book to gain insight to new or advanced purchasing practices that might help me in my work and I was very enthusiastic about the book when I began reading it. Instead of new knowledge, I found repetitive stories about the mass production environments in the automotive and related industries. Although some new thoughts or ideas were presented, I did not feel as if this book taught me anything novel or cutting edge. It is simply a repeat of purchasing concepts that can be found in many other operations or supply chain books flavored with managerial buzz words and the self-glorifying personal success stories of the authors and the companies they work for. If you work in a job shop environment or for a small to medium size business, this book is virtually useless. If you are in a huge mass production environment with a large budget, it might be of some value, but my guess is that you would already be familiar with the concepts presented.
Rating: 2
Summary: Lots of words, little content
Comment: Ifyou are looking for a "how to" book, look somewhere else. This book appears to have only general rules of the thumbs , wrapped in lots of manager lingo (people resource allocation, globalization, etc.) Overal very disapointing. The only positive side are the occasional industry examples, but there are not enough of them to make this book a good buy.
Rating: 1
Summary: And where is the beef?
Comment: 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 tense. For people who like real satire I recommend Moody's Harley Davidson poem! Summary: Only recommended for those who need to own every book on the subject...
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Title: The Purchasing Handbook: A Guide for the Purchasing and Supply Professional by Joseph L. Cavinato, Ralph G. Kauffman ISBN: 0071345264 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 17 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $99.95 |
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Title: Purchasing And Supply Management by Michiel R. Leenders, Harold E. Fearon, Anna E. Flynn, P. Fraser Johnson ISBN: 0072370602 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Pub. Date: 31 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $130.65 |
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Title: Balanced Sourcing: Cooperation and Competition in Supplier Relationships by Timothy M. Laseter ISBN: 0787944432 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 31 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: The Science of High-Performance Supplier Management: A Systematic Approach to Improving Procurement Costs, Quality, and Relationships by Randy A. Moore ISBN: 0814406335 Publisher: AMACOM Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: e-Procurement: From Strategy to Implementation by Dale Neef ISBN: 0130914118 Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 16 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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