means that the authority for most decisions is concentrated at the top of the managerial hierarchy versus ‘decentralization’ that requires such authority to be dispersed by extension and delegation throughout all levels of management. There are advantages as well as disadvantages of both types of structures. A pure form of centralization is not practical except in small companies and pure form of decentralization almost never exists. However‚ the type of organizational structure would determine the
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P & G To: Purchasing strategy of P & G From: Junior Consultant‚ Liu Zuo Jun Subject: Purchasing 2 of 2 Date: 21 Jun 2012 Content 1. Introduction----------------------------------------------------------3 2. Negotiation-----------------------------------------------------------3 3. Suitable channels---------------------------------------------------4
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management 14 (2008) 170– 179 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/pursup Cooperating and competing in supply networks: Making sense of a triadic sourcing strategy Anna Dubois  Peter Fredriksson 1 Division of Industrial Marketing‚ Department of Technology Management and Economics‚ Chalmers University of Technology‚ S-412 96 Gothenburg‚ Sweden a
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at a single factory specific to a product to consolidate global demand and capitalize low cost manufacturing and sourcing. There are many surveys from the market have proved that centralized structures accommodated logistics system integration better than decentralized structures. In some situations there is no advantage to global integration or the global integration is detrimental‚ e.g. there is too much logistics expense and overhead cost‚ and it is more viable to manufacture locally to meet demand
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consequences for specific activities. © 2013 3 The Strategic alignment • Purchasing strategy supports the Business Strategy • And higher strategies • And other Functional Strategies • Strategic alignment occurs when all the strategies in an organisation support each other and work coherently together to achieve the overall mission. © 2013 4 Translating Objectives to Goals • Be a low cost operator – Reduce purchasing costs • Reduce material costs by 15% next year – Reduce administrative
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Table of Contents 1) Introduction 2 2) The Purchasing Department 3 3) The Sales & Marketing Department 3.1) Roles & Responsibilities 4 3.2) Sales & Marketing’s Relationship with Purchasing 4 4) The Accounts & Finance Department 4.1) Roles & Responsibilities 5 4.2) Accounts & Finance’s Relationship with Purchasing 5 5) The Human Resource Department 5.1) Roles & Responsibilities 6 5.2) Human Resource’s Relationship with Purchasing 6 6) The Production Department 6.1) Roles & Responsibilities
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Purchasing exam Vraag 1 Statement: Purchasing is purely a tactic activity in an organization. a. True. b. False. Vraag 2 Which of the following phrases fits to the logistic expression: integral chain method? a. The client’s purchasing activity is the input for purchasing from my suppliers. b. All parts work for the end customer. c. All parts of the supply chain work for the end product d. Chain is only strong as its weakest part. Vraag 3 What is the goal of purchasing strategy? a.
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problems of decentralization that were experienced under the Article of Confederation. A decentralized government means that the states holds the power of governing the people as opposed to a centralized government‚ where the national government will rule all the states. The tension between decentralized and centralized power still exists. Some problems of decentralized power that existed under the Article of Confederation were tax‚ leadership‚ and law. Being a decentralized power did not give the national
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The purchasing management Purchasing management directs the flow of goods and services in a company and handles all data relating to contact with suppliers. Effective purchasing management requires knowledge of the supply chain‚ business and tax laws‚ invoice and inventory procedures‚ and transportation and logistics issues. Although a strong knowledge of the products and services to be purchased is essential‚ purchasing management professionals must also be able to plan‚ execute‚ and oversee purchasing
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inspection test. 1. Scope This procedure applies to all departments 2. Definition SFV Spitfire Controls (Vietnam) Co.‚ Ltd. GD‚ DGD‚ PUD‚ ADD General Director‚ Deputy General Director‚ Purchasing Director‚ Administration Director PU‚ EG‚ PD‚ FA‚ AD‚ QA‚ Purchasing Department‚ Engineering Department‚ Production Department‚ Finance and Accounting Department‚ Administration Department‚ Quality Assurance Department 3. References QAP001 Document Control PUP002
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