GROUP PURCHASING ORGANIZATION (GPO) AS A MEANS OF BUSINESS COSTS SAVINGS
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https://doi.org/10.12775/JPM.2015.005Keywords
purchase, purchasing strategy, purchasing group, business savingsAbstract
Purpose: The main purpose of the paper is to introduce group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and elaborate on their role as a savings generating factor in reconfiguration of the supply chain.
Approach: The basic methodological approach profited from in this article is descriptive and has been based on literature (mainly scholarly articles), business reports and a case study.
Methodology: Literature study, and an analysis of a case study of one of the Polish purchasing group against the background of topical academic research and business reports.
Implications for society: The article is aimed at showing a new way of optimizing operational costs and thereby create new employment possibilities.
Value of the paper: The main value of the article lies in the acknowledgement of appearance in Poland of a new business structure which allows, without excessive expenditure on the part of an enterprise, to lower operational costs and thereby improve cost-effectiveness of the business.
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