Centralizing purchasing becomes increasingly more important the larger a small business grows. Most importantly, a decentralized purchasing structure in which individual departments are responsible ...

There are two predominant schools of thought on purchasing practices. Centralized purchasing is managed by an in-house purchasing agent. Project-level purchasing is managed by a project manager and/or ...

Portage is pursuing a central purchasing proposal. Officials there didn't even know who was buying how much of what when they began discussing this proposal. Getting data on routine purchases of ...

"We have to look at every penny that we’re spending through centralized procurement," Ketron said. County Finance Director Lisa Nolen and others question if another level of centralized purchasing is ...

How much are we saving? Contracts that were renegotiated and the savings for the county: ThyssenKrupp: Elevator and escalator service, annual savings of $45,000* ProSource: Copier lease buyout, ...