Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
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Author: Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
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To provide: Some examples of power spenders of indirect spending and services and explain how training them can help to deploy an indirect spending strategy.
Introduction: Power Spender are individuals who have high authority in controlling the indirect cost.
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