Training opportunities for buyers are haphazard

摘要

It has long been assumed that purchasing education and training programs are commonplace in manufacturing companies as purchasing and supply professionals struggle to meet the challenges and expectations of the current dynamic-and erratic-economic environment.However,a new PURCHASING magazine online survey finds that just 41% of the respondents' companies have formal on-the-job training or career development programs for purchasing professionals.This matches a 2004 report by CAPS Research,which pointed out that training has fallen far short of the forecasted goal of 75% for 2000.