Overview
- The only and first book which describes the K-Method
- Contains an introduction concept which provides help to overcome the resistance of buyers and especially suppliers to implement the K-Method
- Explains how massive cost reductions can be achieved by simplifying the process of price negotiations, tenders, portfolio management, purchase orders, invoice control and controlling when purchasing packaging materials
- Demonstrates new approaches for Value Analysis
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Elaboration
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Front Matter
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Implementation
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Front Matter
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Theoretical Fundamentals
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Front Matter
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Keywords
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Donald Kossmann (*1968) , received his Master in Computer Science (Dipl.-Inform.) from the University of Karlsruhe in 1991. He completed his PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the RWTH Aachen and his habilitation at the University of Passau. Since 1998 he has been Professor at the TU München, University of Heidelberg and finally at the ETH Zürich. Since 2014 he works as Research Director for Microsoft in Seattle.
Daniel Kossmann (*1964), received his Master in Computer Science (Dipl.-Inform.) from the University of Karlsruhe in 1989. From 1989 to 2007 he worked for Unilever in various positions in Hamburg, Berlin, Warsaw and Paris. Among these positions he has been Head of Supply Management, Head of Management Accounting, and Finance Director for European Supply Management. Daniel Kossmann works since 2007 as a freelancer and consultant.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Complexity Management with the K-Method
Book Subtitle: Price Structures, IT and Controlling for Procurement of Packaging Materials
Authors: Daniel Kossmann, Donald Kossmann
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48244-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-48243-8Published: 16 October 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51684-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-48244-5Published: 06 October 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 107
Topics: Procurement, Simulation and Modeling, Management of Computing and Information Systems