The Science of Purchasing (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Science of Purchasing (Classic Reprint) written by Helen Hysell and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Science of Purchasing Hundreds of books are extant on selling and salesmanship, telling how a buyer may be won, but there were, until this book was completed, only two books on buying, which is the other side of the story of the sale. In fact, writers have complained that so much high class effort has been given to the wiles of persuading people to buy that the buyers "have no chance" against the expert technique of salesmen and sales managers. This book is the first recognition of the fact that the science of purchasing has also been keeping pace with the science of selling. The modern purchasing agent is a more important man by far than he was in older days when purchasing agents were likely to be more of the nature of "rubber stamps," or "buffers," or were bargainers for an extra penny of advantage. A purchasing agent of the modern breed is a creative thinker and planner and a student of many elements of business. Very justifiably he now regards his work as a profession, because he now applies professional standards and methods to his task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.