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		Image from Amazon.com	Purchasing and supply chain management / Kenneth Lysons, Brian Farrington. by Lysons, Kenneth Farrington, Brian Edition: 8th ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Harlow : Pearson, 2012 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HF 5437 L976P 2012. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Purchasing management handbook by Farmer, David, ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Aldershot : Gower Pub. Co., 1989 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HF5437 P872. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Sourcing and supply chain management / Robert B. Handfield ... [et al.]. by Handfield, Robert B Edition: 5th ed. , international ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Australia : South-Western Cengage Learning, c2011 Availability: Not available: Checked out (1). Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Purchasing & supply chain management : analysis, strategy, planning and practice / Arjan J. Van Weele. by Weele, Arjan J. Van Edition: 5th ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Australia : Cengage Learning, c2010 Other title: Purchasing and supply chain management : analysis, strategy, planning and practice Purchasing and supply chain management Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HD 39.5 W434P 2010. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Profit-focused supplier management [electronic resource] : how to identify risks and recognize opportunities / Pirkko Östring. by Ostring, Pirkko, 1960- Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : AMACOM, c2004 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Mastering fashion buying and merchandising management / Tim Jackson and David Shaw by Jackson, Tim Shaw, David Series: Palgrave master series Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave, c2001 Other title: Fashion buying and merchandising management Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Profitable purchasing strategies : a manager's guide for improving organizational competitiveness through the skills of purchasing by Steele, Paul T Court, Brian H Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HD39.5 S733P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Profitable purchasing strategies : a manager's guide for improving organizational competitiveness through the skills of purchasing by Steele, Paul T Court, Brian H Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : McGraw-Hill, 1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HD39.5 S733P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Making IT count : strategy, delivery, infrastructure / Leslie P. Willcocks, Peter Petherbridge, Nancy Olson by Willcocks, Leslie P Petherbridge, Peter Olson, Nancy Series: Computer weekly professional series Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HC79 .I55 W544M. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Mergers & acquisitions : managing the transaction by Krallinger, Joseph C Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill, 1997 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HD58.8 K724M. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)