The Purchasing Chessboard

• Main Authors: Schuh, Christian (Author), Kromoser, Robert (Author), Strohmer, Michael F. (Author), Pérez, Ramón Romero (Author), Triplat, Alenka (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Industrial procurement.; Business and Management.; Procurement.

The "golden" age of purchasing, in which it was relatively easy to achieve annual cost reductions of between one and three percent, has come to an end. The major reasons for this are the consolidation in many supplier markets, rising energy costs, and growing resource consumption in many e...