Case 21 Swisher Systems"Mike, thus is Bill Simpson from engineering What's going on with the prices of the 541. 234 567, and 876 capacitors this year? A this rate. we're spending the department's budget twice as fast as we did last year Bill, we got an excellent price on several solenoid parts from a new supplier, but we had to accept higher prices for your components overall, the company will save more than 60 percent on more expensive components"Thanks for the lesson in purchasing For your information, we don't use solenoids Furthermore, can get better prices online. I thought the purchasing depart ment was supposed to save us money" "Bill, you are correct Purchasing must look at the overall budget, not just yours Mike Watkins is the director of purchasing for Swisher Systems Corporation Heis solely responsible for purchasing all material items throughout the company Mike has had various experiences in materials management prior to joining Swisher Systems After earning a bachelor's degree in business management with an emphasis in retailing at Crawford State University in West Texas, Mike went on to gain more than 35 years of industrial purchasing experience As a summer purchasing intern with Swisher, Todd Evans was assigned to shadow Mr Watkins