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Purchasing Efficiency and Staffing Benchmarks: A County Government Study
Author(s) -
McCampbell Atefeh S.,
Slaich Lucy Light
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of purchasing and materials management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 1055-6001
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.1995.tb00277.x
Subject(s) - purchasing , staffing , liberian dollar , business , consolidation (business) , government (linguistics) , marketing , economics , accounting , finance , management , linguistics , philosophy
This article discusses the unique challenges of purchasing performance measurement, with an emphasis on the public sector. The impact of centralization and consolidation on purchasing efficiency is explored. Purchasing benchmarks for large U.S. counties are developed in the areas of mean staff size, mean population per buyer, average annual dollar volume committed per professional staff member, and cost per dollar obligated. A relationship between adequate staffing and cost‐efficient performance is observed.