Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

leveraging purchasing scale

English answer:

taking advantage of purchasing power for large orders

Added to glossary by alen botica (X)
Aug 21, 2006 17:30
17 yrs ago
English term

leveraging purchasing scale

English Bus/Financial Management management/merger
is that the same thing as leveraging purchasing power

"...he also understood that there was substantial upside to be gained in cutting costs, leveraging purchasing scale, and transferring best practices between the mills and box plants of the two companies..." - about wood-cardbox companies merger

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taking advantage of purchasing power for large orders

In brief, yes! The larger the company, the larger the orders and the larger the "leverage".
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