Purchasing - December 13, 2001

While many adopters of e-procurement technologies have visions of streamlined buying and fast returns on investment, the ride for many has not been so smooth. "We've struggled with the whole electronic purchasing area," says Gayl Bunes, e-procurement project manager at Cargill, an international marketer and distributor of agricultural products based in Minneapolis.

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