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Kraft Finds a New Place to Cut Costs: Purchasing

Lusting to acquire Cadbury, the food maker is looking to chop its current list of 70,000 suppliers in half.

September 9, 2009

To keep their bottom lines stable in a time of anemic revenues, many companies have slashed their workforces and inventories to the bone and watched their receivables and payables like hawks. Have they reached the point where there's nothing else to cut? Read more...

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