Should an organisation join a purchasing group?

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-17

  Nollet, Jean ^a   Beaulieu, Martin ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Procurement; Purchasing groups; Structures

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; MANAGERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PURCHASING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

NEGOTIATION; PROCUREMENT; PURCHASING GROUPS; STRUCTURES;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 18844387601     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540510578333     Document Type: Article

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