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GROUP PURCHASING ORGANIZATION (GPO) AS A MEANS OF BUSINESS COSTS SAVINGS

Journal of Positive Management

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Title GROUP PURCHASING ORGANIZATION (GPO) AS A MEANS OF BUSINESS COSTS SAVINGS
 
Creator Piorunowska-Kokoszko, Joanna; Faculty of Management,
University of Lodz, Lodz,
 
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purchase; purchasing strategy; purchasing group; business savings
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Description 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.
 
Publisher Nicolaus Copernicus University
 
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Date 2015-09-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JPM/article/view/JPM.2015.005
10.12775/JPM.2015.005
 
Source Journal of Positive Management; Vol 6, No 1 (2015); 56-70
Journal of Positive Management; Vol 6, No 1 (2015); 56-70
2392-1412
2083-103X
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JPM/article/view/JPM.2015.005/6839
 
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