Strategic Challenges for Leading Edge Purchasing Executives

May 30, 2006

Thank you to everyone who participated in Strategic Challenges for Leading Edge Purchasing Executives, presented May 30th through June 1st by the Nordic professional purchasing associations from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

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This article was written and presented by Dr Arjan J. van Weele, Chairman of the conference and Prof., NEVI Chair Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. In total, it discusses the strategic role that purchasing and supply chain management represents to manufacturing companies, and how to develop differentiated supplier strategies to support the company’s overall product/market and business strategies.