Purchasing - June 19, 2003
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Over the years, purchasing involvement in the services buy has continued to grow. Buyers at such companies as Kraft Foods, Microsoft, Intel and Brunswick have long worked with end use departments to determine requirements, select suppliers, negotiate pricing and manage contracts for such purchases as copier management, temporary help and travel, and they still strongly influence sourcing of the...
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- SCM Executive Series
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- Metals
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- Economy
- How Supply Managers See High-Tech Business
- Electronics Transaction Prices
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- Prices
- Factors Affecting Product Cost
- Tip Sheet
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- Transaction Prices
- Purchasing electronics transaction price survey results
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