Manufacturing Industry

It's not just about cost.

Purchasing, March, 2007

By James Carbone Buyer involvement in design has helped IBM consolidate more of its spend with fewer suppliers to reduce cost. At IBM, purchasing has a comprehensive role in design. Buyers influence what technologies, components and suppliers are used in new IBM computer and storage systems.

Buyers involved in design work in IBM's Global Procurement, Logistics and Engineering Group, which is part of the Armonk, N.Y. company's Integrated Supply Chain organization. Much of the purchasing design activity involves Procurement Brand Management teams, or PBMs, which work closely with product design development teams as new IBM products are being conceptualized, says Sophie Bechu, vice president of worldwide engineering, integrated supply chain....

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