TY - BOOK AU - Booth, Caroline TI - Strategic Procurement: Organizing Suppliers and Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage SN - 9780749472283 U1 - 658.72 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Kogan Page Limited KW - Industrial Procurement KW - Business Logistics KW - Purchasing and Supply Management N1 - 1. No company is an island 2. Know what your customers value 3. Right first time 4. Know your core 5. Handling the complexity 6. What’s the issue? We can all do procurement 7. Executive sponsorship and priorities 8. Strategy in context 9. Knowing what the business needs 10. Picking the right suppliers 11. Understanding your spend 12. The secrets of sourcing 13. Sharing the pain in hard times 14. Avoiding the perils of outsourcing 15. Corporate responsibility 16. Good procurement across the company 17. Becoming important to key suppliers 18. Supply continuity 19. Cyber Crime and the weakest link 20. Reputational risk 21. Continuous improvement 22. Reducing total cost 23. Mergers and acquisitions 24. Keeping procurement on the agenda ER -