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xvi, 736 pages 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 715-719) Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction to materials management 1 -- Basic economics: Value added by manufacture. Value added by distri- -- bution. Criteria for adding value. Hypothetical example. Application -- to materials management. Application of principle. Scope of materials -- management: Role of purchasing. Line and staff responsibilities. His- -- tory of materials management: Evolutionary process. The first factories. -- Development of functions. Recognition of purchasing. Evolution of ma- -- terials management: Functions of materials management. Place in the -- organization. Nonmanufacturing applications. -- 2. The materials cycle 44 -- The vacuum cleaner case. The design stage. The sourcing stage. Plan- -- ning production. The ordering process. The receiving process. Inventory -- control. The final stages. Managing indirect material. -- 3. The objectives of materials management 69 -- Goals of materials management: Primary materials objectives. Sec- -- ondary objectives. Achieving objectives: Effects of business changes. -- Balancing of objectives. Policies and procedures: Advantages of ma- --

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Author
[by] Dean S. Ammer
Publisher
R. D. Irwin, Inc.
Published
1974
Language
EN
ISBN
9780256015560
Category
business
Subjects
Management, Business, Technology
Updated
2026-03-25

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