COVER -- CONTENTS -- Nature and Scope of Materials -- Purchasing Principles, Practices and Procedures -- Materials Planning -- Managing Quality -- Quality Control and Improvement -- Materials Specifications -- Sources of Supply: Vendor Selection and Rating -- Buyer-Seller Negotiations -- Pricing Theory, Pricing Practices and Contracts -- Purchase of Capital Equipment and Leasing -- Make-or-Buy -- Value Analysis -- Import Purchasing -- Independent Demand Inventory -- Dependent Demand Inventory:Materials Requirement Planning(MRP) -- Receiving and Store-Keeping -- Waste Management -Management of Surplus and Scrap -- Materials Handling Equipment -- Classification and Codification -- Purchasing Personnel Management -- Evaluation of Purchasing Performance -- Legal Aspects of Purchasing -- Transportation and Traffic Management -- Logistics Management -- Government as a Purchaser -- Materials Management as a Profession.