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The bestselling Purchasing Chessboard® concept, used by hundreds of corporations worldwide to reduce costs and increase value with suppliers, is the topic of this successful professional book now published in its third edition. The 64 squares on the Purch

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The Purchasing Chessboard 64 Methods to Reduce Costs and Increase Value with Suppliers Third Edition

The Purchasing Chessboard

Christian Schuh Joseph L. Raudabaugh Robert Kromoser Michael F. Strohmer Alenka Triplat Jim Pearce

The Purchasing Chessboard 64 Methods to Reduce Costs and Increase Value with Suppliers Third Edition

Christian Schuh A.T. Kearney Ges.m.b.H. Seitzergasse 2–4 1010 Wien Austria [email protected]

Joseph L. Raudabaugh A.T. Kearney Inc. 227 West Monroe Street Chicago, Illinois 60606 USA [email protected]

Robert Kromoser A.T. Kearney Ges.m.b.H. Seitzergasse 2–4 1010 Wien Austria [email protected]

Michael F. Strohmer A.T. Kearney Ges.m.b.H. Seitzergasse 2–4 1010 Wien Austria [email protected]

Alenka Triplat A.T. Kearney Ges.m.b.H. Seitzergasse 2–4 1010 Wien Austria [email protected]

Jim Pearce A.T. Kearney Limited Lansdowne House Berkeley Square London W1J 6ER United Kingdom [email protected]

ISBN  978-1-4939-6763-6   ISBN 978-1-4939-6764-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-6764-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016960675 1st edition (c) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 2nd edition (c) Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 (c) Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012, 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media LLC The registered company address is: 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, U.S.A.

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Preface

There are many reasons why people write books. For us, there are only two: We are passionate about procurement, and we want to help executives answer the three most common questions about procurement: ƒƒ

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