PROCUREMENT  PROCESS

Every business entity has got a procurement  department or a executive who handles all
purchases  depending upon the size of the organisation .Big organisations have multilocational
purchase  unit or in some case purchases are made from central unit .

Purchase deptt plays a very critical and crucial  role in smooth functioning of  organisation
The  Head of Purchase deptt is called Chief Procurement Officer(CPO) .Now days CPO has
considerable say in any company policy.



Purchase deptt   primary role is to  get material at right cost , from right buyer , of right quality
and in right time .

Major role of purchase are following


  • Raw Material , Ingredients , fuel  buying
  • Service  contract
  • Vendor  Development
  • Vendor Analysis
  • Value Analysis
  • Annual  Contract
  • Capital Purchases .
  • Maintenance and Repair contracts
  • Payments  to vendor .
  • Inventory control
  • Negotiations & long term contracts
  • Scrap management
  • Getting licenses for  storages etc.ie liasioning with govt depts
  • Imports
  • Maintaining and Updating Vendor Master.
  • Follow up  with  vendors for Delivery
  • Warehousing
  • Imports
  • Services contract
  • Legal and laws of contract
  • Purchase Orders and Other Documents ( Quotation , PO , Indent
  • ERP -Data Analysis


Procurement process starts from requirement from user dept to purchase dept through Indents
( purchase order requisition) followed by purchase dept inviting quotation from suppliers  and
selecting the best offer considering various aspects such as vendors capacity , quality , delivery
schedule ,price and other factors .Purchase orders are released against requisitions . Material is
delivered on  specified date and location  by the vendors.



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role of an organisation . Procurement or purchasing involves acquiring
products, services and works from vendors or internal source.Sourcing is the
process of identifying, evaluating and negotiating with suppliers and service
providers. This includes the entire vendor selection process as well as
contract management. It opens doors to a rich supply of raw materials,
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