Consider the different dimensions regarding procurement organizational design that we discussed $($level of centralization, span of control, specialization of resources$).$

Which of the following statements about the procurement organization is TRUE?

Note: One or more could be selected.

$-$An electronic company would like to consolidate the demand for a circuit component that is used by production in three different business units. To achieve this objective, this company should use an output approach for specializing the resources in the procurement organization, i$.$e$.,$ procurement employees should specialize in buying categories that are specific for the production of the business units.

$-$You are more likely to find the "commodity manager" role in a procurement organization that uses input as approach to specialize procurement resources.

$-$A chemical company would like to specialize some buyers in the procurement of different types of artificial colors. To achieve this objective, the company should use the input as grouping criteria for the buyers in the procurement organization.

$-$A purchasing department with a high span of control is more exposed to the risks of the company spending being out of control, e$.$g$.,$ due to maverick buying $($remember the definition of maverick buying: Maverick buying is purchasing that happens outside a company's established policies and processes$).$

$-$In organizations with a complex and dispersed organizational structure and where procurement is very complex, a decentralized model for the procurement organization is more appropriate.