alleryStart learning →Purchasing departments taking over the role of wholesalers is called:
ADisintermediation
BDivestiture
CFranchising
DOutsourcing
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Disintermediation
Cutting out the wholesaler by buying directly is a form of vertical integration called disintermediation.
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