What are the 3 biggest challenges faced by supply chain/purchasing professionals today? (Survey Result 9)

Anurag, Operation Head, India Straight forward three biggest challanges are:

1: Lack of Information 2: Lack of Commitment 3: Lack of Professionalism Marco, Purchasing Manager MRO and Services, Milan, Italy 1) Lack of Top Management support 2) Very short term (12 months or less, in my experience) projects pay back 3) PPV Analysis: just a few companies consider TCO. Nowadays, measuring savings (and inflations!) in terms of (Price Product A 2008 - Price Product A 2007) * Quantity 2008 is useless aznd misleading.

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