Purchasing - June 2, 2005

A 65% reduction in industrial equipment expenditures and a 30% savings in travel budgets would be pretty cool at any company. At $37-billion multinational corporation United Technologies Corp. (UTC), it can amount to serious money. How serious? Some $70 million in savings for technology and telecom, and $65 million for facilities outlays.

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