Benton, W. C.,  1948- <br/><br/>
Purchasing and supply chain management / 
W.C. Benton, Jr. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Boston :  McGraw-Hill Irwin,  c2010. 
 - xxii, 549 p. :  ill ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> Purchasing and Supply Management, 2nd ed. by W.C. Benton, offers insights into the theory, practice, and implementation of supply management issues. A step-by-step approach helps students and professionals gain analytical purchasing skills. Many actual case studies and exercises help students transform purchasing theory into purchasing practice and implementation. Some of the topics include purchasing business processes, price cost analysis, professional services, transportation purchasing, global purchasing, and healthcare purchasing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780071289139 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business logistics.<br/>Industrial procurement.<br/>Materials management.