Beyond purchasing

Thanks to everyone who participated in making this research report possible, but
special thanks go to the key contributors of this publication whose insight, experience,
perspectives and passion for this research effort made it happen:
Robert Carter
Brian Connell
James Geisel Jr.
Deborah Green
Mark Hankins
Thomas Herr
James Hunter
Samir Khushalani
Dan Kuzdzal
Caroline Loui­Ying
Ged Mackell
Jarrod Magill
Richard Nixon
Bill O’Reilly
Nicholas Seiersen
John Tumelson
Raghu Venkatnarayan
Edge Zarrella
About the design
Procurement has become a search for goods that extends around the globe.
For this reason, we have chosen visual imagery for this research report that
highlights the concept of a global marketplace, as a metaphor for the new role
of procurement.
We have selected images from farmer markets to financial markets. Procurement
now reaches all areas of commerce and involves nearly all aspects of the global
economy. At its core, it has become nothing less than the foundation of the
capitalist system. The imagery we employ here is selected to relate to the global
reach and power of the procurement industry.
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Photography by Wendy Carlson and York & Chapel
Publication name: Beyond purchasing: Next steps for the procurement profession
Publication number: 806 005
Publication date: July 2008
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