{"title":"US utility procurement practices-a comparison with Japanese utility practices","authors":"M. Cardullo","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.1995.524599","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The United States electric utility industry, which is composed of over 3,214 utilities, expends over $20 to $30 billion annually on equipment and construction. The objective of the study presented in this paper was to determine current US utility procurement practices and compare them to a world class standard. The study's conclusions are outlined by the author.","PeriodicalId":231067,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings for Operating Research and the Management Sciences","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1995-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings for Operating Research and the Management Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.1995.524599","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The United States electric utility industry, which is composed of over 3,214 utilities, expends over $20 to $30 billion annually on equipment and construction. The objective of the study presented in this paper was to determine current US utility procurement practices and compare them to a world class standard. The study's conclusions are outlined by the author.