Global Purchasing: Reaching for the World (Chapman & Hall Materials Management/Logistics (Closed)) - Hardcover

Pooler, Victor H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0442007116 ISBN 13: 9780442007119

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992

Synopsis

In his book, Global Purchasing: Reaching/or the World, Victor Pooler has stripped the supposed maze of complexity and misunderstanding from international com- merce. This book provides extensive background materials for both the purchas- ing/materials practitioner and the academic who wishes to use it as a text. The author's extensive international experience lends credibility. Of special interest are the global supplier sourcing strategies. The basics of good offshore buying are universal and of great importance to America. There is a need to analyze and investigate global supplier capabilities. On-the-job buyers need global techniques they can apply. Import prices are destined to rise, and it will take better buying strategies to deal with the multi-bil- lions of dollars of purchases made outside the United States. This book brings together in great detail the full spectrum of benefits available to the global buyer. He or she has an opportunity to view the global economy and understand its financial implications. It contains a working knowledge of import regulations, customs tariffs,_ currency translation issues, hedging, cultural aware- ness applied to negotiations, and logistics-all covered in detail. During the 1990s, the world of the global buyer will become a reality. Long neglected is the American buyer's study of other cultures and the techniques of dealing with suppliers outside our national boundaries. This book goes a long way in filling that knowledge void.

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Synopsis

With the global market on the rise and predicted to expand throughout the nineties, purchasers are focusing more and more of their attention away from domestic concerns to the international market. The international market presents not only enhanced chances for profit, it also presents risks and challenges that are totally unfamiliar to even the most experienced domestic purchaser. The author has written this book to educate students and professionals on the art of global purchasing. From starting a global purchasing programme to future buying prospects in global trade, this book covers all of the information necessary to tap into the world market. This book should be of interest to graduate and undergraduates of business management, traffic and logistics management, as well as professional buyers, purchasing, materials, logistics and traffic managers and importers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0442007116
• ISBN 13: 9780442007119
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 266