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Author Jarvis-Grove, Katie, author.

Title Futureproofing procurement : the importance of an ethical and sustainable approach / Katie Jarvis-Grove.

Publication Info. New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2021.

Item Status

Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (133 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Supply and operations management collection, 2156-8200
Supply and operations management collection. 2156-8200
Note Includes index.
Contents Chapter 1. An introduction to procurement and its evolution -- Chapter 2. Strategic versus transactional procurement -- Chapter 3. Ethical and sustainable challenges -- Chapter 4. Reacting to changing consumer needs -- Chapter 5. Price versus cost: supplier evaluation and relationship management -- Chapter 6. Understanding and challenging specifications -- Chapter 7. Transparency through the supply chain -- Chapter 8. Challenging suppliers to make a better future -- Chapter 9. Building strategic relationships to promote innovation -- Chapter 10. Promoting ethical and sustainable approaches.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary This book demonstrates and explains how to best conduct yourself in a procurement role and what challenges you should be aware of. Factors such as being aware of modern slavery, supply chain's pollution emissions, and opportunities to recycle and reuse will be explored to create an understanding for the reader in how value should be achieved in today's way of managing procurement. As you make your way through the book you will learn about tools and techniques that can aid you in making the right decision for you and your organization, to ensure that all ethical and sustainable elements of the procurement process are explored, evaluated, reviewed and documented. This book discusses the ways in which procurement can help to provide an ethical and sustainable approach to business and product creation while raising an awareness of unacceptable practices with a view to their eradication.You, the reader, will learn more about the authors honest experiences of working in procurement as you progress through her literary work. At the end of each chapter, she provides a mini case study exploring and explaining some of her purchasing stories that she has collated over the years.
Form Also available in print.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
Subject Industrial procurement.
Industrial procurement.
Continuous improvement process.
Continuous improvement process.
Business logistics.
Business logistics.
Indexed Term Added value.
Benchmarking.
Bribery.
Child labor.
Collaboration.
Continuous improvement.
Corruption.
Cost.
CSR.
Embezzlement.
Ethics.
Fraud.
Globalisation.
Human rights.
Mission statement.
Modern slavery.
Product life cycle.
Raw materials.
Recycling.
Social aspect.
Supply chain.
Sustainability.
Value stream mapping.
Vision statement.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9781637420546
ISBN 9781637420553 e-book
9781637420546 print