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Purchasing Management ---- The Driving Force to Maximizing Success during Tough Economic Times
Purchasing managers, purchasing agents and buyers are the life support system of your supply chain. This has become much more apparent during these tough economic times. I often use the phrase in leadership training; "You're only as good as the people you surround yourself with." That phrase also applies to one of the most critical functions in distribution, the Purchasing Manager. So what does being the life support systems to supply chain management mean? It means purchasing is the center of the universe, the equator, the fulcrum when it comes to meeting customer demands. This is a common fact. We all know it. Most of us say it and yet few of us really understand it.

Selling to Purchasing Departments
One of the most difficult parts of a salesperson's job is dealing with purchasing departments...Here are a few vital points to keep in mind when dealing with a purchasing department.

Seeking Win-Win Outcomes - The Workplace Relationship Buy In
The core of all business relationships is parity. They are about the negotiation between an employer for output, in exchange for reward, the basis of which is usually a financial transaction. So this is a fair deal then...
The Law of the Ladder – How Customers Make Purchasing Decisions
All products are not created equal so there is a hierarchy, or product ladder, in the mind of the customer that is used to make purchasing decisions, explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this insightful post to understand the power of the product ladder and how your prospects use this concept to decide which product information in your campaign to accept and which information to reject leading to a purchasing decision.
Silo Busting
In the old days we had sales guys and we had marketing guys and we had purchasing guys. The sales and marketing guys hated the purchasing guys. They never bought enough stuff, right? The wagon was never full. A common quote coming from some sales people: . "Our purchasing department sucks; I know there is an extra 5% discount out there. Purchasing is forcing me to sell at these high prices; we are just not buying right." The purchasing guys, in the mean time were saying; "Our sales guys are goofy. They keep saying they can't sell from an empty wagon. They want the wagon so full the wheels will come off. They say-"Put this in and I will sell it" and they never sell it. These kinds of feelings, these quotes were like a tradition. It describes a natural silo between sales and purchasing. It's not really supposed to be funny.
Gold, Paper, and the Monster Lurking That Will Eat Your Purchasing Power
The Global Financial Crisis is shining more light on the cancer that is destroying the purchasing power of the average person for the next several generations, explains Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to understand that today’s experiment with a fiat currency is America’s 4th attempt at a paper money and central banking system. The previous attempts did not end well for holders of paper money, or bills of credit, and not likely to end well for holders of today’s dollars that have decreased in purchasing power to 4 cents, over the past 70 years. Several secrets used by savvy insiders as a way to protect against further loss of purchasing power are provided.
Why Gold Really Is Money
It is an unfortunate historical anomaly where people think the paper in their wallets is money, suggests Mike Farrell with aspenIbiz. Read this short post to understand that money is something that holds value over time and is not subject to devaluation and loss of purchasing power as a result of overspending and a runaway supply of the currency that the government and central banking systems mandates be used as a substitute for money. Also learn about strategies to reduce the risk of further loss of purchasing power.
Whether You’re Selling or Buying a Franchise You Need to Consider an Important Fact
Franchisors planning their franchise sales strategy for the short term need to recognize the impact that unemployment rates have on purchasing power. Those individuals looking to purchase a franchise would be well served to know the employment situation in a territory they are considering.

The “Not So Dirty” Five-letter Word: The Use of Power In Change Management
It turns out that power, when applied appropriately, is exactly what it takes to promote action and make transformation happen. But it needs to be the right type of power. In this article on change management, we review the types of power available to organizations, referred to as "Power Centers" and discuss how to best leverage them. Potential change agents tend to possess power, but some “power types” are better than others when it comes to selecting change agents.

RFx Legal Puts Clients’ Legal Work Through Competitive Bidding Process
With most companies still trying to find ways to cut costs, RFx Legal now provides a procurement platform that allows Fortune 500 companies to leverage their purchasing power for legal services.
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