Analysis of the organisational structures utilised to conduct international purchasing activities was undertaken at 24 … multinational corporations. The majority of the corporations studied had decentralised purchasing organisations and all had … corporate purchasing staffs. Four basic approaches were found: (1) totally decentralised; (2) co‐ordinated; (3) totally …

Discusses analysis of the organizational structures utilized to conduct international purchasing activities which was … undertaken at 24 multinational corporations. The majority of the corporations studied had decentral‐ ized purchasing … organizations and all had corporate purchasing staffs. Four basic approaches were found: (1) totally decentralized; (2) co …

Purpose – To examine the changes in just‐in‐time (JIT) purchasing practices over time. Design …/methodology/approach – The evaluation of changes in JIT purchasing practices was done through a longitudinal study. The first study was performed … of the importance of nine different areas of JIT purchasing activities. Regression and bootstrapping were used for …

‐wide; not logistics‐specific. An exploratory study of purchasing professionals was performed and it was determined that their …