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Global Sourcing/Procurement
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| The role of the procurement and purchasing professional is changing as quickly as the availability of all sourcing in products and goods. The real change in procurement and purchasing is what the professional is responsible for. Prior to the last ten years, procurement and purchasing was directed by the internal needs of industrial, retail, and distribution organizations. For instance, a production department directed the purchasing agent on what to buy according to certain specifications. The prices and concessions squeezed from suppliers were the results that determined the good or bad performance of the purchasing agent. |
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| Now, the required results are different. Internal departments are no longer driving procurement. Externals forces- competitors and customers- are causing procurement to be a core competency of the industrial, retail, and distribution organization. The purchasing agent is now a vice president of sourcing or procurement. The change in title is justified. Procurement is now integrated into an organization's strategy. Any plank of strategy requires executive management. A summary result of any executive management is: more impact in less time, with less energy and the redirection of that conserved time and energy. |
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| Manifest Metrics allows direct access to the vast community of global sources. Proceed directly to the information. The downtime in waiting for return calls from third parties and the expense of multiple directories is no more. Bypass the tedious network of rumor and innuendo that often results from third party sources. Manifest Metrics makes available all information on foreign suppliers necessary for making initial contact and then moving quickly to specifications to samples and, finally, to first order. With Manifest Metrics, the procurement professional can quickly identify ancillary charges like transportation and customs duties and determine whether these ancillary charges make the deal: a go or no-go. |
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| A Manifest Metrics customer gets the features and support of a first-rate provider of web-based, on-demand provider of data services. The relationship goes beyond user and technology provider. Manifest Metrics continuously benchmarks against and surpasses the best practices of other internet-based data services. Manifest Metrics, however, does not stop there. The key benchmark of performance is the thoroughness and conciseness that a global consulting organization may offer in our knowledge bases. Using our technology to seamlessly integrate with our professional users. daily tasks and functions is a standard that Manifest Metrics has established. |
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