''Purchasing'' magazine () was a trade publication serving the information needs of purchasing professionals. A companion web site included most of the editorial content of issues from January 1998 through the current issue, plus current information not found in the magazine. Both were owned by
Reed Business Information
RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...
.
The last editor-in-chief was
Paul Teague, with the editorial offices located in
Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, th ...
, USA.
Established in 1915, ''Purchasing'' magazine was published 12 times per year.
Common articles discussed
procurement
Procurement is the method of discovering and agreeing to terms and purchasing goods, Service (economics), services, or other works from an external source, often with the use of a tendering or competitive bidding process. When a government agenc ...
, strategic sourcing,
manufacturing
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a r ...
,
logistics
Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...
, and other
supply chain
In commerce, a supply chain is a network of facilities that procure raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products to customers through a distribution system. It refers to the network of organizations, people, acti ...
related topics.
As of December 2006, total
BPA audited circulation was 92,724 subscribers.
Effective April 2010, ''Purchasing'' Magazine stopped publication.
References
BPA Worldwide
External links
Purchasing magazine website
Business magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1915
Magazines disestablished in 2010
Magazines published in Massachusetts
Professional and trade magazines
Waltham, Massachusetts
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