Business Intelligence - MRO + Distribution
By Susan Avery -- Purchasing, 8/16/2007
$2.4TSpending by large companies on MRO in 2006
Source: Visa Commercial Consumption Expenditure Index
WHAT IT MEANS: New analysis of the data by Visa shows that much of this spending is by manufacturers and is expected to grow 3.7% this year.
170Number of countries from which Dow's MRO team sources products and capital equipment
Source: Dow Chemical Co.
WHAT IT MEANS: Increasingly, the MRO buy is going global and MRO buyers have to learn the same low-cost sourcing strategies as buyers of direct materials.
9/24ISM Indirect-MRO group conference start date
Source: Institute for Supply Management
WHAT IT MEANS: Purchasing professionals, including members of Purchasing's All-Star MRO buy team past and present, are speaking at this event, which provides plenty of opportunity to exchange best practices.
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