Monthly Archives: February 2012

 We have just received  our advanced copy of “The Book”  The publication of Purchasing & Supply Chain Management, Eighth Edition marks the 28th anniversary since the first edition was published and seven years since the Seventh Edition made it to the bookshops. It  has undergone an extensive overhaul with each Chapter being reviewed and all new case studies. […]

Some of our most difficult negotiations are dealing with open book accounting. The concept is now widely known, but ensuring that suppliers will be receptive to making open book accounting a contractual reality is quite another matter. The supplier’s pricing decisions have, historically, been steeped in mystery and there remains a culture whereby the detail […]