Description
This author signed, personalized copy emphasizes the critical need to perform both spend and failure analysis in order to develop a procurement document, which will ultimately reduce overall costs. Accompanied by a CD with helpful material such as, specification checklists, case study worksheets, form letters, and return on investment (ROI) worksheets that you can customize to your needs, the text discusses how to:
– Identify the products that will cost the most if they fail
– Develop performance-based procurement specifications to reduce direct and indirect costs
– Examine cost analysis as it relates to operations, maintenance, and production
– Determine effective criteria based on properties, test results, and standards for each operation
Written by an industry expert with decades of experience giving seminars, training customers and associates, and authoring numerous papers and articles, the text provides the real-world understanding of the influential components and materials’ physical properties needed to engage in effective failure and spend analysis. It addresses product submission and monitoring and includes helpful tools so you can immediately get started on conducting your own cost-saving analysis.
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