Sourcing Strategy: Principles, Policy and Designs / Edition 1

by Sudhi Seshadri

Overview

Sourcing Strategy is about sourcing as a long term strategic activity. Myopic purchasing management stops short with describing functional procedures and procedural innovations such as online order processing.

The goal of this book is not merely to document sourcing strategy, but to provide the tools to determine it. Therefore, rather than merely describe common sourcing processes, the book takes a normative approach to sourcing strategy. It argues for a rational, complete and integrated process view. It supports its recommendations with logical arguments from an interdisciplinary and analytical approach grounded in microeconomics, law and business strategy.

Part 1 of the book explains the economic and business principles that underlie sourcing strategies. It derives policies that guide viable strategies to meet sourcing goals. Part 2 applies these to creative designs for standard sourcing scenarios.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387251820
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	04/07/2005
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

List of Exhibits Preface Acknowledgements Part 1: Principles and Policy 1. Sourcing Strategy 2. Outsourcing 3. Architecture and Processes 4. Sourcing Goals and Objectives 5. The Government Sourcing Environment 6. Costs and Performance Risks 7. Contracts and Incentives 8. Source Selection 9. Supplier Strategies 10. Sourcing Reports and Data Part 2: Design 11. Foundations of Sourcing Analysis 12. Sourcing Design Elements 13. Risks and Rewards of Multiple Sourcing 14. Capacity Constraints and Pricing in Sourcing Markets 15. Syndicates, Risk and Demand Uncertainty 16. Risks and Resource Sharing 17. Selection and incentives for Innovation: LIC 18. Selection and incentives for Innovation: Yardstick Contracts Notes References Subject Index