Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) as a Means of Business Costs Savings

• Autorzy: Joanna Piorunowska-Kokoszko
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: The main purpose of the paper is to introduce group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and elaborate on their role as a savings generating factor in reconfi guration of the supply chain.

Approach: The basic methodological approach profi ted from in this article is descriptive and has been based on literature (mainly scholarly articles), business reports and a case study.

Methodology: Literature study, and an analysis of a case study of one of the Polish purchasing group against the background of topical academic research and business reports.

Implications for society: The article is aimed at showing a new way of optimizing operational costs and thereby create new employment possibilities.

Value of the paper: The main value of the article lies in the acknowledgement of appearance in Poland of a new business structure which allows, without excessive expenditure on the part of an enterprise, to lower operational costs and thereby improve cost-eff ectiveness of the business. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Purchasing; Purchasing strategy; Purchasing group; Group purchasing organizations (GPO)

PL

Zakup; Strategia zakupów; Grupa zakupowa; Grupy zakupowo-sprzedażowe

• Czasopismo: Journal of Positive Management
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 6
• Numer: nr 1
• Strony: 56--70

Twórcy

autor

Joanna Piorunowska-Kokoszko

• University of Lodz, Poland

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DOI

10.12775/JPM.2015.005