Purchasing

Purchasing cards pack more punch
At the GE purchasing-card user group meeting held in Mystic, Conn. last month, attendees were buzzing about new initiatives that promise to wring more benefits from the payment tool. Purchasing card program managers listened to keynote speakers such as Dave Piazzi of Houston, Texas-based Marathon Oil, talk about business process transformation and sat in on sessions on best practices with ...

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