The Strategic Procurement Practice Guide

<div>This practice guide on procurement strategy brings together methods and tools used by global purchasers across different industries. The authors lay major focus on the&nbsp;themes&nbsp;of global sourcing, risk management, and the dynamic topic of negotiation strategy. The authors present their perspectives on all important questions of strategic procurement such as: how to manage a&nbsp;heterogeneous&nbsp;supplier structure across different branches and how to deal with partners from diverse cultures? How to solve procurement crisis and proactively avoid them? How does off-shore team management work and how to increase the value-add for both internal and external purchasing? These themes are discussed along with numerous practice-based cases. The authors lay an ideal ground for global purchasers to help with their strategic and operational needs, including technological topics such as e-procurement.<br></div>