“In addition, joint procurement is expected to reduce purchasing costs, which makes sense with a higher proportion of common parts in shared platform use.”
As I am in procurement & am expected to set up collaborative deals with other firms, let me correct that to: Joint procurement is expected to increase pointless meetings where no collaborative deals can be hammered out except for the odd pyrrhic victory…
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