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Procurement timeline: Industrial Revolution 

The Industrial Revolution marks the dawn of procurement as a trade in itself, with the creation of the rail network being a driving force. One of the earliest acknowledgements of procurement as a function comes in 1832, in a book called ‘The Economy of Machinery and Manufacturers’, by noted mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer Charles Babbage.

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