We have department P-cards where we can buy small stuff from pretty much anyone who accepts credit cards, I think we can even do PayPal now. For large purchases we have to use approved vendors and there's red tape but it saves the company billions of dollars (literally, where I work).
In fact, in most large electronics companies the real money is made and lost in the supply chain so they have incredible power, annoying as it sometimes is.
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We have department P-cards where we can buy small stuff from pretty much anyone who accepts credit cards, I think we can even do PayPal now. For large purchases we have to use approved vendors and there's red tape but it saves the company billions of dollars (literally, where I work).
In fact, in most large electronics companies the real money is made and lost in the supply chain so they have incredible power, annoying as it sometimes is.