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Volume 18, Issue 7
1 July 1988
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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management
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Review Article| July 01 1988

The Use of Audits in Purchasing

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1747-3683
Print ISSN: 0269-8218
© MCB UP Limited
1988
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management (1988) 18 (7): 15–23.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014710

Purchasing audits have received too little attention; an improved methodology is described here with increased emphasis on the technicalities of procurement.

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