Operations Management
Operations Management
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ISBN: 9781259667473
Author: William J Stevenson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 14DRQ
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To determine: Role of purchasing managers.

Introduction: A purchasing manager is a person in an organization who has the obligation of acquiring the goods and services required to the organization. The purchasing managers is ordinarily accountable for buying whatever the organization needs, from normal office supplies, to the materials that would be utilized to fabricate the organization's goods.

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