French purchasing_2
17 August 2012
Q: My organisation has recently acquired a company based in France, which has a small purchasing team. I get the feeling that purchasing is at a different stage of development in France. Is this correct?
A: Wilf Hateley, director of Purcon’s French operation, Delta, writes: You are generally correct. With the exception of some of the major French blue-chip companies, purchasing has not been regarded as a function of great strategic importance.
In recent years, however, two major pressures have given French businesses food for thought about the value...