There are numerous differences between purchasing by organizations and purchasing by consumers. Many differences are due to the fact that consumers purchase for personal consumption, and in most cases individuals within organizations do not. The purchase to satisfy needs of organization.
Other factors include:
a. Types of business customers
b. Types of products (personal goods, organization goods)
c. Size and location of customers
d. Purchasing standards and processes (Industrial gods, Personal goods to impulsive)
e. The nature of demand
Types of Business Customers
There are four types of business customers:
1. firms that consumer the product or service (such as original equipment manufacturers and users)
2. Government agencies
3. Institutions
4. Firms that purchase and resell the products.
1. When a company purchases a product or services to be included on its own final product, the company is called an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). For example, General Motors may buy gauges for installation in the dashboards of its auto mobile.
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English: Goring Business Park The list of business...When GM purchases copier paper from Xerox, GM is considers as a user, or the business equivalent of a final consumer.
2. In the United States, the government is the largest single purchaser of products and services, more than $300 billion each year. In this and other countries, the government may be the only customer for some products. In all countries, the government is probably the only buyer of tanks and other mored weapon systems. The purchasing processes used by the government can be frustrating and complex, particularly because the government seeks to accomplish social objectives through purchasing. Policies designed to encourage the growth of minority - or women-owned business businesses as well as small businesses are examples of social objectives than influence government objectives.
3. Institutions include organizations such as schools, hospitals and nursing homes, churches, etc. These organizations...