Purchasing

How to bridge the business gap in Hungary
As the global search for low-cost, highly skilled manufacturing centers continues, more and more buyers are looking at Hungary as a source of supply—and for good reason. Hungary is particularly popular with buyers sourcing electronics, chemicals and fabricated metals because the nation of nearly 10 million people provides a low-cost but skilled workforce for both specialized and nonspecia...

• Buyers scope out capital spending plans
• Pop Quiz: How would your suppliers grade you? Ask them.
• Purchasing squeezes more value from p-cards
• Metals Parts: Assured quality critical in global sourcing
• Supplier diversity yields growth
• Electronics buyers turn to distributors for design help
• Quality, testing are key priorities in sourcing ingestible materials
• All eyes look to MRO

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