Group Purchasinn Helps the Bottom LineGroup Purchasing Helps the Bottom Line

摘要

With semiconductor growth expected to hover around zero for 2009, consumer spending tucked in for a long winter, and stocks on enforced vacation, what are the expectationsrnfor annual procurement-driven cost reductions within the semiconductor and capital equipment industry?rnSome vendors will not survive this exceptionally difficult economic time. Your allegiance to vendors and their allegiance to you may not be enough to pull them through, leaving your company in the lurch. Annual reductions based on loyalty and growth may not be given. Five percent on thin margins may not exist.