Tech eye for the stone age buy

摘要

Metals purchasing has been in a slump for almost three years now because manufacturing has been in a rut.So,short term,old-line industrial companies have been reducing warehoused inventories,eliminating materials waste in manufacturing,and generally lowering costs of day-to-day operations.Metals buyers also say they have been using the downtime to adjust to new electronic-based supply management systems to reduce the number of supply sources,enhance relationships with suppliers,lower the cost of purchasing,reduce delivery leadtimes,increase the percentage of on-time deliveries,and improve the quality of purchased material and products.