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Profitable buying strategies how to cut procurement costs and buy your way to higher profits /

Covers major cost reduction techniques that can be employed by a company. Demonstrates how to improve staff skills in negotiation, e-procurement, market testing, outsourcing and sustainable buying.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Buchanan, Mike, 1957-
Corporate Author: Gale Group.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London, U.K. : Kogan Page, 2008.
Series:Gale virtual reference library
Subjects:
Purchasing.
Industrial procurement.
Cost control.
Online Access:Available for Universiti Teknologi MARA via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access
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