Overview
- Shows, how challenges in capital equipment purchasing can be managed
- Contains a comprehensive set of tools with numerous instruments and methods for capital equipment purchasing
- The presented instruments and methods are explained with numerous examples
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Professional Supply Management (SUPPLY, volume 2)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
Compared to other main groups of procurement, capital equipment features numerous characteristics that significantly impact the purchasing process. The process of purchasing capital equipment therefore requires specific attention and above all a systematic approach. To overcome these challenges, a holistic process model and specific tools and methods for capital equipment purchasing are presented.
The following topics regarding capital equipment purchasing are presented:
• Compliance management
• Savings measurement
• Life cycle costs and total cost of ownership
• Determining the optimum useful life and replacement time
• Real options approach for the evaluation of investment alternatives
• Performance contracting
Readers are provided with a comprehensive and structured process model for capital equipment purchasing. The comprehensive set of methods including various instruments and methods presented in this book support the establishment of a professional capital equipment purchasing process.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Capital Equipment Purchasing
Book Subtitle: Optimizing the Total Cost of CapEx Sourcing
Authors: Erik Hofmann, Daniel Maucher, Jens Hornstein, Rainer den Ouden
Series Title: Professional Supply Management
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25737-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-25736-0Published: 12 April 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43908-7Published: 09 May 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-25737-7Published: 23 April 2012
Series ISSN: 2192-0443
Series E-ISSN: 2192-0451
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 124
Topics: Procurement, Operations Management