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Purchasing has enjoyed a change of image in recent times. Once regarded as a peripheral, cost‐obsessed activity, it is now widely recognized as a potentially vital strategic discipline. Yet the ways in which many efficiency and financially‐based measures are employed reflect the outdated idea that purchasing is an add‐on cost to a business. A new approach to measurement is required that supports and reflects purchasing's value‐adding contribution.
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1997
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Authors: | Hampson, Jon ; Lamming, Richard |
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Measuring Business Excellence. - MCB UP Ltd, ISSN 1758-8057, ZDB-ID 2039437-8. - Vol. 1.1997, 2, p. 30-34
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MCB UP Ltd |
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