This report of a Cutting Tool Engineering survey charts the shift in the way shops are purchasing tools. As the survey's findings indicate, an increasing number of tools are being bought directly from manufacturers and many shops are narrowing down the number of tool suppliers they do business with.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 1998-08-01
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/purchasing-holds-reins/
Legacy path: /articles/purchasing-holds-reins