Category Management in Purchasing: A Strategic Approach to Maximize Business Profitability

by Jonathan O'Brien

Approach purchasing and procurement strategically, effectively and sustainably, with this comprehensive and practical guide to category management.

Category Management in Purchasing equips those working in procurement with the tools they need to ensure effective purchasing in a time of rapid modernization. Combining practical advice and theory, this essential resource is crucial for developing successful purchasing strategies. Covering new technology-driven approaches to category management, this new edition outlines digital transformations and technological advancements, from digital sourcing platforms to new tools and systems.

This edition also provides readers with the knowledge to approach complex sourcing situations not only effectively, but also sustainably. Including new guidance on how organizations and businesses can implement sustainability into their procurement strategies, Jonathan O'Brien recontextualizes category management in a time when responsible sourcing is more important than ever. This highly regarded and essential text provides what everyone in procurement needs when striving to make category management a reality.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction

576 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2009

Reviews

[Gaurav Pangarkar]

A bit costly for readers from a 3rd world country!

Concept of category mgmt. is very well explained in detail. It touches almost all the parts of sourcing activites in an organisation, case studies are also included

This book provides key insights to setup a sourcing strategy for an organisation

[Van Anh]

This will helpful for my théis

[Teerasak]

อ่านเพื่อใช้ประกอบพัฒนางาน ระบบถูกวางซับซ้อนและในที่สุดก็ต้องมี software เข้ามาช่วย เราอ่านแล้วประยุกต์ใช้ไปก่อนแบบ simply the best

[Georg Dalen]

As a novice category manager, this book provided a useful qualitative introduction into the purchasing side of CM.

[Kamlesh]

Best book with good knowledge