PURCHASING MANAGER
\pˈɜːt͡ʃɪsɪŋ mˈanɪd͡ʒə], \pˈɜːtʃɪsɪŋ mˈanɪdʒə], \p_ˈɜː_tʃ_ɪ_s_ɪ_ŋ m_ˈa_n_ɪ_dʒ_ə]\
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The individual person who is responsible for making all of the purchasing orders. This person will co-ordinate all aspects of purchasing from a number of suppliers. In a large company who uses a lot of suppliers the manager may just co-ordiante all purchases while other people do the ordering.
By Henry Campbell Black
Word of the day
digital dashboard
- personalised desktop portal that focuses onbusiness intelligence knowledge management.Microsoft's version has launch screen including stockquotes, voice mail e-mail messages, calendar, weatherforecast, traffic information, access news feeds, customerand sales data, Internet conferences. A dashboardmight previously have been thought of as an executiveinformation system. In the future, digital dashboards couldbe available on personal assistants and cellularphones.["Gates pitches 'dashboards' to bevy top CEOs", BobTrott, pub. InfoWorld Electric, 1999-05-19].