Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of supply market intelligence -- Supply market intelligence as part of the procurement ?system? -- Supply market intelligence creation process -- Supply market intelligence research tactics -- The business case for supply market intelligence -- Quality assurance -- Research resources overview -- Supplier identification (not industry specific)) -- Supplier research, diligence, and monitoring -- Industry and market research -- Procurement best practices and operations benchmarking -- Procurement service provider directories -- Consulting firms -- Procurement associations and organizations -- Procurement websites, networks and communities -- Procurement online and print magazines and journals -- Procurement blogs -- Procurement dictionaries and glossaries -- Country/geopolitical risk -- Commodities pricing - all commodity inclusive -- Agriculture -- Chemicals -- Energy -- Metals -- Plastics -- Contingent labor and professional services -- Information technology -- Logistics -- Marketing -- Mro/facilities management -- Travel and meetings -- Index -- .