Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- PART ONE: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT -- Introduction to supply chain management -- Co- evolutionary purchasing: several steps beyond supply chain management? -- Power, cost and value appropriation in the publishing supply and value chain -- The role of main contractors in developing customer focus up and down constructionÌs supply chain -- Environmental purchasing: tools of engagement -- A comprehensive conceptual model for managing environmental impacts, costs and risks in supply chains -- PART TWO: OUTSOURCING AND PARTNERSHIP -- Introduction to outsourcing and partnership -- Outsourcing: a national and sector level perspective on policy and practice -- A framework for classification of services to gain strategic purchasing insights -- Supplier classification as an enabler for a differentiated purchasing strategy -- Beyond the 'core versus non- core' logic: the need for a contingency model for effective outsourcing in the public and privat -- The role of power in partnership relationships: an empirical investigation of the current body of knowledge -- PART THREE: ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT -- Introduction to organization and management -- From ideology to action: options, issues, roadblocks and realities of driving change in purchasing and supply -- Getting to the fundamentals in procurement training -- A cross- sector comparison of purchasing team use -- A quart from a pint pot? Developing the effective use of purchasing consortia -- PART FOUR: ELECTRONIC COMMERCE -- Introduction to electronic commerce -- The impact of electronic commerce on purchasing in the supply chain -- The strategic contribution of e-commerce to MRO procurement -- Supporting decentralized supplier management by publishing tenders on the Internet.

Making use of Internet technology to achieve lean management in the West Midlands automotive supply chain -- Purchasing consortia and Internet technology -- PART FIVE: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION -- Introduction to performance evaluation -- Performance evaluation within the DVLA -- Purchasing performance in the UKÌs Higher Education sector Ò functional measures to help in strategic development for the 21st century -- Benchmarking for strategic procurement: practices of Polish companies in an international context -- Textbook methods for auditing purchasing and supply management: do they work in practice? -- Process management and performance measurement in the supply chain: a food distribution case -- Index.