05-05-2004, 06:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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User Survey: Purchasing Power in Your Company
This survey focuses around one specific thing: the purchasing power you have in your organization. This survey is for those of you who have budgets and are responsible for company purchases. If you don't have control of a budget in your company, please do not vote - click on the DISCUSS link to get the results. Thank you!
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05-05-2004, 06:39 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 468
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I entered, but now I have doubts that I selected the right option. It depends on what you mean by "authority". I recently recommended a purchase of software and training and selected a vendor (via a long process) for it, for around $300K. But I still had to have all of the usual upper management sign-offs. So does that count as "authority"?
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05-05-2004, 07:54 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 171
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Where's the "less than $100" button?
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05-05-2004, 08:55 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 85
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I do not believe that 43% of this sites visitors have PURCHASING authority in excess of $100,000. I think a lot of people are reporting their entire departmental budget. :roll:
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05-06-2004, 04:58 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 30
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Originally Posted by Bill Gunn
I do not believe that 43% of this sites visitors have PURCHASING authority in excess of $100,000. I think a lot of people are reporting their entire departmental budget. :roll:
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05-06-2004, 05:50 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,133
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Well, I can purchase any reasonable and useful equipment I want, provided I can get three bids and have grant money for it...
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05-06-2004, 04:00 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,329
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Right now the purchasing power I have is for gum, if I'm lucky, and even then the gum has to go through the approval chain taking about 6 weeks with 2 e-mails asking why I need gum and why I can't use the gum under my desk instead. They say IT spending is to increase 4% this year. If so I sure has heck haven't seen it yet.
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05-06-2004, 06:48 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,133
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Originally Posted by Jonathan1
Right now the purchasing power I have is for gum, if I'm lucky, and even then the gum has to go through the approval chain taking about 6 weeks with 2 e-mails asking why I need gum and why I can't use the gum under my desk instead. They say IT spending is to increase 4% this year. If so I sure has heck haven't seen it yet.
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Hey - that's 4% more gum!
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05-07-2004, 05:01 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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Originally Posted by Kati Compton
provided I can get three bids and have grant money for it...
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Let alone waiting for the University's purchase department. We've waited MONTHS, and have often gotten only things done by needling them. :| Jonathan, at least in your case it's IT's budget. Here, the University takes a lot of time to spend our money. :roll:
--janak
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