Smart-Purchasing.com: Best Practices: Checklist

Best Practices: Planning
Optimize Usage

Traditional	Best Practice
Purchasing is concerned only with lowest product/service cost.	Purchasing teams with users and suppliers to minimize/optimize product/service use. Examples: Purchasing teams with motor carriers to consolidate LTL shipments. Purchasing teams with users to eliminate low-use copiers.

Rationale
Minimize unproductive costs Create cost savings with suppliers
Details
Purchasing may want to force and active discussion with users for all contracts over $100,000 to ensure cost minimization

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