TY - BOOK AU - England,Wilbur B. TI - The purchasing system T2 - The Irwin series in operations management AV - HD39.5 .E545 1967 PY - 1967///] CY - Homewood, Ill. PB - R.D. Irwin KW - Industrial procurement N1 - BIB; Part I. Purchasing and its relation to the management of materials. The scope and importance of purchasing -- The materials management system -- -- Part II. The elements of a purchasing system. Determination and description of quality -- Determination and control of quantity -- "Make or buy" decision -- Selecting adequate sources of supply -- Determining price -- Establishing the flow of information -- -- Part III. Organization, management, and evaluation of the purchasing function. Centralized versus decentralized organization -- Purchasing managers and personnel -- Evaluating the performance of the purchasing system ER -