This book provides readers a holistic and pragmatic approach towards
supply management in China. It elaborates on how supply management
should integrate the optimum level, and a combination of quality, cost
and delivery. In addition to serving as a guide on how to address
cultural barriers, apply supply tools and concepts, it also illustrates
the best practices in supply management in China. It draws from a large
number of best practices of companies from automotive to railway, to
convince other functional departments and higher management that supply
management plays the most fundamental role in any organization due to
the high number of value adding activities which are coming from
suppliers. These practices have been derived by a multi-methodical
approach including interviews with supply management leaders from
industry and experts in academia, making it as unique and a suitable a
guide for practitioners and academics.