ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 begins by providing a framework for the strategic sourcing process and explains how the purchasing process needs to be understood as part of this wider and more strategic process. This is linked to the idea of a supplier hierarchy, distinguishing between potential new suppliers, approved suppliers and preferred suppliers. The chapter also introduces a purchasing process typology based around purchase newness. Each of the different stages of the purchasing process are then examined, including how sustainability needs to be addressed at each of these: specifying, selecting, contracting, ordering and expediting, and evaluating. The end-of-chapter case study is premium fashion company Hugo Boss.
