When Purchasing Works Directly with Internal Stakeholders to Anticipate Future

question 59

True/False

When purchasing works directly with internal stakeholders to anticipate future requirements, such as during new-product development, or with physician councils in a health care provider, purchasing is acting reactively.

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Definitions:

Low Skill Level

Referring to jobs or tasks that require a minimal amount of training or education to perform.

Little Autonomy

A situation where there is scant or limited independence or self-governance within a subsystem or entity.

Assembly Line

A manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create a finished product more efficiently.

Henry Ford

An American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company, he revolutionized the automobile industry with assembly line production.