Evaluate purchasing function and activities in a multinational bicycle manufacturing company. The company is headquartered in Helsinki and has assembly factories in four different countries including Finland, Spain, China, and Brazil. Each factory manufactures the same models but with different local branding. ?What kind of purchasing organization would be suitable for the company (centralized, decentralized or hybrid) ?List some goods and services for direct and indirect categories ?Apart from indirect and direct categories, what other categories could be formed?

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