Purchasing : selection and procurement for the hospitality industry / Andrew Hale Feinstein, Jean Hertzman, John M. Stefanelli.

ISBN:

9781119148517

Title:

Author:

Feinstein, Andrew Hale, author.

Personal Author:

Feinstein, Andrew Hale, author.

Edition:

Ninth Edition.

Physical Description:

xiv, 690 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

General Note:

Revised edition of Purchasing, c2012.

Contents:

Preface -- The concepts of selection and procurement -- Technology applications in purchasing -- Distribution systems -- Forces affecting the distribution systems -- An overview of the purchasing function -- The organization, administration, and evaluation of purchasing -- The purchase specification: an overall view -- The optimal amount -- Determining optimal purchase prices and payment policies -- The optimal supplier -- Procedures -- Produce -- Typical storage management procedures -- Glossary -- Index.

Subject Term:

Hospitality industry -- Purchasing.

Added Author:

Hertzman, Jean,

Stefanelli, John M,

Format:

Books

Publication Date:

2017

Publication Information:

Wiley :

Hoboken,

[2017]

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Summary

Purchasing: Selection and Procurement for the Hospitality Industry, 9th Edition is a learning-centered text that includes several pedagogical enhancements to help students quickly acquire and retain important information. It is written for those who will be involved with some phase of purchasing throughout their hospitality careers. This text covers product information as well as management of the purchasing function, and how this relates to a successful operation. It also acts as a comprehensive reference guide to the selection and procurement functions within the hospitality industry. Purchasing: Selection and Procurement for the Hospitality Industry is the comprehensive and up-to-date hospitality purchasing text available today.

Author Notes

ANDREW HALE FEINSTEIN is Dean and James A. Collins Distinguished Chair at the Collins College of Hospitality Management at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

JOHN M. STEFANELLI is a Professor in the Food and Beverage Management Department at William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.