Since the early 1980's business activities, personnel have been right size and/or down sized due to adoption of software solutions.

Since the early 1980's business activities, personnel have been right size and/or down sized due to adoption of software solutions.

Corporate planners have replaced large staff organizations with single users of software. Just thinking about purchasing alone, how was purchasing done before the 80's, how is it done today? Is there a significant difference between goods acquired domestically versus internationally?