@article{20c97649c74145b1b0b7f5c20711b645,
title = "Purchasing management and business competitiveness in the coming decade",
keywords = "Competitiveness, Purchasing management, Supply channel",
author = "Satish Mehra and Satish Mehra and Inman, \{R. Anthony\} and Inman, \{R. Anthony\} and Anthony Inman",
note = "Changing dynamics of the marketplace require that old mind-sets of the procurement function radically shift directions. Cost-based practices of the past should be replaced by a value-added focus in today's organizational supply channel. This paper, based upon in-depth discussions with a focus group of experts, documents the upcoming challenges for purchasing professionals and defines a new role for purchasing managers.",
year = "2004",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1080/09537280412331298247",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
pages = "710--718",
journal = "Production Planning and Control",
issn = "0953-7287",
number = "7",
}