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Despite recession, service tops price.
By Susan Avery MRO buyers took a hard look at price during the recession, but it never became a deal breaker. And that's not likely to change...
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MRO buyers initiate storeroom clean up to cut downtime costs.
By Susan Avery It is a dirty job, but someone has to do it. And that someone, in this case, is MRO purchasing. Before a company can reap...
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Industrial distributors publish new product catalogs for 2010.(Brief article)
By Susan Avery Two industrial distributors have published new catalogs for 2010. Applied Industrial Technologies' latest product catalog...
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Purchasing professionals meet, innovate at OfficeMax IMAGINE2009 event.(Conference news)
By Susan Avery "There are patterns to successful ideas," Dan Heath, author of the best-selling book Made-to-Stick, told attendees of the...
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Purchasing's new frontier: meetings spend.
By Susan Avery Buyers bring negotiation skill and expertise at managing supplier relationships to the spend. There's no question that...
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Travel procurement gets a bigger role at Tyco.
By Susan Avery As director, global travel, at Tyco International, Rose Speckmann leads global travel councils for North America, Latin...
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At AEP, buyers eye expanded role, formalize process to manage costs.(American Electric Power Company Inc.)
By Susan Avery Managing a supply chain for a utility differs from managing a supply chain for a manufacturer. When choosing a supplier to...
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Business Intelligence.
By Susan Avery 82% Distributors that are taking steps to prepare for economic recovery Source: Industrial Distribution's 63rd Annual...
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Distributors show cautious optimism in new survey.(Survey)(Brief article)
By Susan Avery While more than 80% of industrial distributors expect sales to drop in 2009, many are cautiously optimistic about business...
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Supplier relationships provide travel buyerswith an edge in negotiations with airlines.
By Susan Avery After falling for much of 2009, airfares are expected to start climbing again in the third quarter. Still, travel buyers...
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