Article: Status report: building world-class supplier relationships; purchasing pros from around the country look at their strengths and weaknesses. (Working with World-Class Suppliers)

Article: Supplier relationships prove invaluable to ...
Purchasing;  July 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... are working to get suppliers involved in their operations. And, for many, that's so. But it's also something that purchasing pros at companies that don't make the Fortune 500 are doing, and nowhere could this be more true than at UNICCO Service Co ...

Article: Purchasing pros: service comes first.(Distributor ...
Industrial Distribution;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... duty in serving them. We also asked purchasing pros to tell us the traits they like most ... rampant on the nominating forms. Once purchasing pros do business with a salesperson who ... reduction initiatives. More and more purchasing pros now recognize the importance of having ...

Article: Purchasing pros say they've little to fear from ...
Purchasing;  October 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... countdown As Y2K approaches, most purchasing pros say: - Their companies are ready ... Purchasing readers indicates that purchasing pros are being realistic about the potential ... managers say. Most of the polled purchasing pros don't believe that these problems ...

Article: Clinton barely earns passing grade from purchasing ...
Purchasing;  April 11, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... and a general lack of credibility, purchasing pros have little good to say about the ... Inconsistency seems to be the buzzword for purchasing pros when describing Clinton's foreign ... ongoing theme among respondents. Many purchasing pros agree that conflicts in the U.S ...

Article: Purchasing pros build a strong case for ...
Purchasing;  November 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... facilities services and machinery and equipment. To free up purchasing pros to spend more time on strategic activities, Walsh helped ... and e-commerce tools. In response to requests from MRO purchasing pros at the Indirect MRO Group's event last year, Joel Thomas ...

Article: Purchasing pros stumble toward strategic supply ...
Purchasing;  September 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... Changing old habits can be very hard. In fact, only 16% of purchasing pros polled say they currently dedicate greater than 75% of ... commitment that is fostering a sense of solidarity from purchasing pros who are eager to take a more strategic approach to supply ...

Article: Companies get purchasing pros into the design ...
Purchasing;  August 24, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... say corporations overseas are learning to make sure that purchasing pros are taking part in design meetings. And they say this competition ... new product design. This shouldn't be so surprising. Purchasing pros who get their foot in the door in the new-product design ...