O'Connor's best lines
Through his career, Jack O'Connor, recently retired publishing director of Purchasing magazine, always called it exactly like he saw it.
Staff -- Purchasing, 1/15/2004 2:00:00 AM
1970
"There was a day—not too long ago—when a career in purchasing was a nice, sane, sedentary way to make the mortgage payments. It isn't anymore, nor is it likely to be ever again."
1982
"Until very recently if the raw truth be known, nobody gave much of a damn about suppliers. If you call a series of muggings a relationship, then I guess we had one.
Coerce, yes; care, no."
2003
"Until recently, nobody gave a damn about supply. Now, God help us, it's everybody's area of expertise. Fact is the only group within a company possessed of any experience in dealing with suppliers is purchasing. The mantle of supply chain management belongs to purchasing. Mumblings of a curmudgeon."
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