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In the article, “Are distributors going the extra mile?”, the author relays her findings of a survey she initiated. The questions were posed to 2,000 people in the purchasing profession and sought to determine whether or not distributors were “committed to relationships” (Avery 51) with buyers.
The key areas discussed were: order-handling efficiency, customer serv ....
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.... materials. One key way to accomplish this is to utilize distributors that are “committed to long term relationships in which they take on more of the responsibility of managing activities up and down the supply chain” (Avery 52). This has to be a mutual sharing of information and cross training in order to work effectively.
Inefficiencies in lead times are probably the biggest nuisance to a buyer or purchasing agent. According to the survey results, ....
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