Overview
- Presents an advanced methodology and a set of tools to make procurement more effective, flexible, and value adding
- Includes innovation models useful for all types of organizations pursuing Digital Transformation
- Provides a structured business model approach for organizations to adopt
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is the first of two volumes presenting a business model to add value through Procurement. Including several case studies of successful implementation, it demonstrates how the increasing complexity of the business environment requires a significant intervention on the management of processes and information within individual organizations and through inter-company relations. Agile Procurement presents the application of the Agile method which optimises and digitizes processes in order to reduce wastage and defects. As a method, tool and a culture aimed at effectiveness, efficiency and economy of organisations, agile procurement requires a change of paradigm. This volume examines these areas of improvement and presents best practice in improving processes. Each chapter of the book presents and substantiates the costs and benefits of process improvement through agile procurement. This is is seen as the integration of Lean Six Sigma and digitization.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bernardo Nicoletti is Professor of ICT Procurement Management at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. He also provides consultancy advice and coaching in Europe and Asia on ICT Strategy, Process Improvement, and Procurement. In his research, Bernardo has been particularly active in the application of the Agile method and tools to a varied type of industries. He is the author of 20 books on Management, is a frequent speaker in International Conferences, and has published 200 articles in domestic and international journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agile Procurement
Book Subtitle: Volume I: Adding Value with Lean Processes
Authors: Bernardo Nicoletti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61082-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-61081-8Published: 02 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87000-7Published: 26 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-61082-5Published: 18 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 275
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Procurement, Innovation/Technology Management, e-Business/e-Commerce