He charged that the university has made it increasingly difficult to order materials at Fels through the university's purchasing department.
The company also established a central purchasing department to lower costs for lumber and other materials.
Purchase order requests can also be passed to the purchasing department via a management information system.
The combined operation may save some money through common purchasing departments and such.
The purchasing department would have a database of what they're buying.
The visitors were Feds, and they talked to various clerks in the purchasing department.
From 1971 to 1976 he worked for the church's central purchasing department.
The purchasing department is then responsible for the purchased price variances from the supply base.
It just feels that way to the purchasing department.
"You need a central purchasing department - that doesn't directly generate revenue," he said.
