“The realignment of our purchasing function by global commodity category is another sequential move in our progression toward a fully integrated global structure,” said Cooper Standard chairman and ...

NOVI, Mich.—Cooper Standard is transitioning its purchasing organization to "a global commodity structure" as part of an effort launched earlier this year to realign its manufacturing, engineering and ...

Centralizing purchasing becomes increasingly more important the larger a small business grows. Most importantly, a decentralized purchasing structure in which individual departments are responsible ...