Supply Chain Management for Competitive Advantage    by Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA
Price: $11.66 USD. 34910 words. Language: English. Published on April 26, 2013. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Industries / retailing.
Supply chain competence affects your bottom-line in more direct ways than you might realize.In this book we reviewed the role of controlling cost of sales through supply chain competencies and its effect on the corporate financial statements. The balancing act of maintaining a high level of service and low costs is becoming harder for supply chain managers as businesses try to meet the growing c

Lean Procurement and Supply Chain Management (Key to Reducing Costs and Improving Profitability)    by Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA
Price: $11.66 USD. 31570 words. Language: English. Published on April 26, 2013. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Negotiating.
Lean Procurement and supply chain management is for many companies. It is not just for manufacturers who practice lean management. It is also for non-manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers and others. During the past few years, companies have focused on supply chain improvements with initiatives centred on operational excellence and cost cutting. But have they worked?

7 Steps to a Negotiation Road Map : How to Prepare Your Next Negotiation Strategy    by Henk Botha
Price: $9.99 USD. 34630 words. Language: American English. Published on April 11, 2013. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Negotiating.
Prepare negotiation strategies with the seven simple steps of the Empower (tm) technology. In negotiation, preparation is your key to driving a hard bargain without driving people away. Take on any deal-making opportunity, and make it work for you! This read-what-you-need book gives you the steps, tactics and checklists to succeed in contract negotiation, salary negotiation and price negotiation.

Information and Research Resources for Procurement Professionals    by Jeanette Jones
Price: $4.99 USD. 11070 words. Language: English. Published on April 7, 2013. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Purchasing & buying.
The goal of this book is to help procurement professionals find information in the areas of strategic sourcing, supplier management and purchasing. Specific research resources are listed in sections that include: supplier identification, supplier diligence, category market intelligence, best practices benchmarking, pricing, associations, websites, magazines, blogs, and research/analyst firms.

Homeowner's Guide to Working with Reputable Home Improvement Contractors    by Dan Kalin
Price: $2.99 USD. 27500 words. Language: English. Published on February 22, 2013. Nonfiction » Home and Garden » Home remodeling.
Concise easy-to-read homeowner's guide to finding, selecting, negotiating and contracting with the best home improvement contractors. Covers topics of background research, request for proposal, contractor selection, negotiation, contract and risk management. Written by a homeowner, for homeowners.

How to Sell a Business    by Jacob Orosz
Price: Free! 13340 words. Language: English. Published on February 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Mergers & acquisitions.
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Written by a certified business broker and leader in the field of selling a business, this comprehensive workbook explains how to sell a business in seven simple steps. Avoid legal pitfalls and sell your business faster using these up-to-the-minute tips from an expert with years of real world business experience from preparing your business for sale to closing the deal.

Practical Sales and Operations Planning    by John Chase
Price: $9.95 USD. 5490 words. Language: English. Published on June 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Production & operations management.
Every manufacturing business operates a Sales and Operations Planning process of some sort. Somehow we decide which customers to pursue, what promises we should make to those customers, how much product to produce, what people and other resources we need, how much inventory to hold and how we will operate our factories. Most businesses agree that they could do this much better.

How to Purchase Efficiently    by Dr Jim Porter
Price: $2.99 USD. 2960 words. Language: English. Published on January 13, 2012. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Small business and entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurs Brief Guide - How to Purchase Efficiently. For most of the new businesses, effective purchasing can lead to an increase in profits and improve efficiency. In 30 minutes, learn how to: (a) Specify your purchasing requirements, (b) Select your suppliers, (c) Maintain a good relationship with your suppliers and (d) Consider alternatives to purchasing.