Model of Efficiency Improvement in Purchasing Strategic Raw Material in a Metallurgical Company
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A. Csikósová, M. Antošová, R. Weiss, Fakulty of Mining, Ecology, Process C ontrol a nd G eotechnology, Technical Un iversity o f Ko šice, Slovakia The present paper focuses on the effi ciency improvement of the strategic raw material (iron ore) purchase process in a metallurgical company and its management with the aim to minimize costs. The authors have come up with the proposals for an effi ciency improvement and cost reduction model on the basis of the identiĀ cation of signiĀ cant dependencies bet ween individual pur chase func tions while c onsidering media c ontained in the t echnological process.
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