MATERIALS MANAGEMENT: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

by P GOPALAKRISHNAN, M SUNDARESAN

Overview

This book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the subject, such as the operational details of stores, purchase and inventory control as well as procedures and modern mathematical concepts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788120300279
Publisher:	PHI Learning
Publication date:	01/01/1977
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

GOPALAKRISHNAN, P. Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. SUNDARESAN M. Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York.

Table of Contents

I. POLICY ASPECTS_Integrated Materials Management. Corporate Policy and Materials Management. Organisation and Control. Materials Research. Materials Planning and Budgeting. ABC Analysis. Codification and Standardisation. Source Selection. II. PURCHASING MANAGEMENT_ Creative Purchasing. Purchase Systems. Price Forecasting. Buying Seasonal Commodities. Purchasing Under Uncertainty. Purchasing of Capital Equipment. International Purchasing. Import Substitution: Prospects and Retrospects. Public Buying. Legal Aspects in Buying. Insurance Buying. Buyer-Seller Relationship and Ethics. III. WARE-HOUSING AND STORES MANAGEMENT_Stores Management. Stores Systems and Procedures. Incoming Materials Control. Stores Accounting and Stock Verification. Obsolete, Surplus and Scrap Management. Value Analysis. Material Handling. Transportation and Traffic Management. IV. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND O.R. TECHNIQUES_Inventory Management in India. Economical Ordering Quantity. Practical Inventory Systems. O.R. Techniques in MM. Role of PERT in MM. Computers in MM. Evaluation of MM. Bibliography. Index.