Supply Markets
Subject Contents
Chapter 1
Overview of Supply Markets
- Definition of Terms Used in Supply Markets
- Importance of Supply Markets
- Identification and Management of Supply Market Risks
- Opportunities for Improving Value for Money through Exploiting Supply Markets
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
Chapter 2
Analysing Supply Markets
- Types of Markets Structures
- Importance of Supply Market Analysis
- Supply Positioning Tools
- Supplier Strategies for Analysing Supply Markets
- Technology and Other Factors Driving Changes in the Supply Market
- Challenges Faced in Supply Market Analysis
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
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Chapter 3
Supply Market Information
- Primary Market and Industry Sources of Information
- Secondary Market and Industry Sources of Information
- Characteristics of Quality Information
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
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Chapter 4
Market Competition
- Role of Competition in Supply Market
- The Product Life Cycle
- Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model of Competition
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
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Chapter 5
Supply Chain
- Definition of Supply Chain
- Components of a Supply Chain
- Management of Supply Chain Risks
- Stakeholders in a Supply Chain
- Review Question
- Further Reading
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Chapter 6
Substitute Goods and Services
- Meaning of substitute goods and services
- Impact of substitute goods and services in the supply market
- Benefits of researching the market for substitute goods and services
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
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Chapter 7
Supply Environmental Factors
- Supply market environmental factors
- Internal supply market environmental factors
- External supply market environmental factors
- Supply Market Analysis Tools
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
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Chapter 8
Market Demand and Supply Forces
- Define Market Demand and Supply
- Demand and Supply Curves
- Shifts in Demand and supply
- Elasticity of Demand and Supply
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
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Chapter 9
Supply market segmentation
- Definition of Segmentation in Supply Markets
- Supply Market Segmentation Tools
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
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Chapter 10
Emerging Issues and Trends in Supply Markets
- Emerging Issues and Trends in Supply Markets
- Challenges and opportunities posed by emerging issues and trends in Supply Markets
- Coping with and adopting to the emerging issues and trends in Supply Markets
- Review Questions
- Further Reading
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