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Purchasing has grown considerably in stature in past decades. Its contribution to an organization’s long-term success and strategy is increasingly well recognized. Increasingly more companies are aware of the importance of permitting purchasing to move away from being a cost-cutting function to becoming a strategic entity that helps companies achieve the highest performance standards.
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Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (2008) ‘Purchasing Excellence—International Benchmarking Study’. Stuttgart.
Schwientek, Roland and Franke, Tobias (2008) ‘Purchasing Excellence: International Study of Performance Diversity in Purchasing and Procurement’. Stuttgart: Roland Berger Strategy Consultants.
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Schwientek, R. (2008). Purchasing EmPowerment: the way to achieve world-class purchasing. In: Schwientek, R., Schmidt, A. (eds) Operations Excellence. International Management Knowledge. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594241_10
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