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Article: CEOs get religion about supply management.(Brief Article)
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- Purchasing
- Article date:
- March 23, 2000
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A recent reader poll by Purchasing Magazine finds 91% of purchasing pros believing their senior management expects purchasing strategy to contribute to shareholder value.
"Senior management has both stated and put in writing that this is their position," says A.J. Calcagno, manager, purchasing administration for the Louisiana Operations of the IMC-Agrico Company in Uncle Sam, Louisiana. "Total supply chain management is stated as a critical success factor in our business strategy, says Daniel Schmitt, supply management director for Honeywell Micro Switch in Freeport, Ill. "We're expected to help provide the best total cost materials to help meet our productivity ...