Internal customers can be defined as other departments within an organization that an internal supplier serves. In this sense, an organization can be conceptualized as a chain of individual units that are linked together to satisfy external customers. This study has focused on the internal service of the purchasing department, whose function is to provide services such as placing and tracking purchase orders, determining needs and specifications for internal customers, and helping to introduce new technology into product and process designs. (51 refs.)
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