Strategic purchasing goes to work

Supply chain management with the transparent mapping of all processes, knowledge of the process costs, including overhead and time requirements has the prerequisites for initiating and supporting the implementation of the virtual enterprise. 

A sales division open to new ideas will take the initiative enthusiastically and comb the market for the best possible allocations.. 

Purchasing does not always have the same market orientation that is so vital and self-evident to sales. 

We have already discussed the importance to profits of shorter delivery times and smaller batches. 

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