From the course: Purchasing Foundations
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The purchasing organization
- According to Yogi Berra, the great professional baseball player, "If you don't know where you are going, "you might wind up somewhere else." His point is that in order to get where you want to be you really need to be organized towards that goal. Just like you and me, purchasing needs to be properly organized for success. And to be successful you should properly align the purchasing function with the company's overall business strategy. How does a company control their cost? What is their position on risk? Are they growing globally, or are they more of a local company? These corporate strategies define the structure and strategy of the purchasing function, and structure further defines how purchasing decisions are made and the scope of each job within the purchasing department. There are three types of purchasing structures. First, there is centralized purchasing. As the name implies, most, if not all decisions, are made at the corporate level. A strong corporate purchasing team…
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