Help Me Help You
The next generation of The next generation of e-procurement systems will provide an even more aggressive process for helping purchasing and supply management professionals strategically source.
Suzanne Bily is purchasing manager for Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-Op, the procurement and distribution organization for Tricon Restaurants. Her job is to make sure that not one of the some 8,200 pizza restaurants that are part of an instantly recognizable chain ever run out of tomato sauce. Bily, who is a CPA by trade with several years experience to her credit, has of course many other responsibilities. But first and foremost, let there always be enough tomato sauce.
It's a simple enough goal. Hitting it, however, is not as easy as it seems. Deciding how much business to give any one supplier
