Purchasing has undergone significant changes in many organisations and has moved from a reactive activity to a … strategic one, contributing to a firm’s competitive success. This article charts the development of the purchasing function … framework, a customised postgraduate diploma for purchasing executives is described and evaluated. It is proposed that this …

markets. An important element of the JIT strategy is the purchasing function. The procurement of parts and materials plays a … purchasing. Three popular methods for supplier performance evaluation appear in the literature: categorical, weighted point and … which applies dimensional analysis to selecting prospective suppliers. An international purchasing office (IPO), located in …