What power would BRK have with a more combined purchasing organization given its size? Health, legal, HR, accounting, on and on .......


I too figure there are synergies that could be gained by connecting Berkshire subdivisions to other Berkshire subdivisions, and providing an (optional maybe?). But looking back on my work experience, I see a bunch of examples where such things didn't work. Our company did essentially the same thing in a handful of states. We were asked to use the main office's model of printer/plotter because it could to color and/or black and white. We showed them our combination of two plotters, one color, and one black and white was faster, cheaper, and locally serviced. They let us keep it, but I imagine there's lots of examples of something local being better than something central from a few states away. To say nothing of how difficult it is to get a decent nationwide health plan, that could be bested in many individual states.