A procurement manager, also known as a purchasing manager or procurement specialist, is a person who is in charge of getting anything a company might need. He or she is very important to production, because operations often cannot proceed until the business obtains supplies, property or other items, such as licenses.
Bales of hay in a field. The definition of a bale is something that is bundled and bound together, often in equal measure, or the amount that is in the bundle. An example of a bale is a pile of hay tied together.
Animals & Nature. Baleen is a strong, yet flexible material made out of keratin, a protein that is the same material that makes up our hair and fingernails. It is used by whales to filter their prey from the sea water. Whales in the Suborder Mysticeti have several hundred plates of baleen hanging from their upper jaw.