Review the following article from ProQuest: Avery, S. (2009, February). MRO sourcing goes global. Purchasing, 138(2), 48-52. Retrieved from ProQuest Database.

In a two-to-three page paper (not including the title and reference pages), identify how your organization or an organization you are familiar with, can improve in the following best practice areas represented in the article:

• Identification of spend types in your purchasing.
• Identify suppliers with capabilities for global business.
• Strategy of integrated supply approach with distributors.
• Processes to track performance of suppliers including cost of ownership and outsourcing.

Submit to your instructor your two-to-three page Word document (not including the title and reference pages). Your paper should be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide, and should cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.