This is a clearly written and comprehensive guide to supply management and procurement strategies and techniques that really work. This invaluable guide provides an easy-to-follow game plan with strategies for procurement and supply professionals to improve supplier relationships, secure measurable cost reductions, achieve operational effectiveness and efficiency, and positively impact margins and competitiveness for their organizations. "The Procurement Game Plan" offers the guidance needed to take the procurement professional's career and department to the next level. Utilizing real-world scenarios and examples to make principles and concepts easy to understand, this is an ideal resource for self-learning, training, and classroom instruction.