June 2021
Intermediate to advanced
608 pages
35h 33m
English
In the past, purchasing departments occupied a humble position in the management hierarchy, in spite of often managing more than half of the company’s costs. Recent competitive pressures have led many companies to upgrade their purchasing departments and elevate administrators to vice-presidential rank. These new, more strategically oriented purchasing departments have a mission to seek the best value from fewer and better suppliers.
Some multinationals have even elevated purchasing departments to “strategic supply departments” with responsibility for global sourcing and partnering. At Caterpillar, purchasing, inventory control, production scheduling, and traffic have been combined into one department. ...
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