The two main products sold of the supermarket are Indomie which is instant noodle and Pokka green tea. For Indomie, the supplier is from Carrefour, which the business imported from Indonesia whereas Pokka green tea’s supplier is Intradco which operating in Australia. These suppliers usually deliver the products to the business 3 three times a week to keep maintaining the stocks. Regularly the products arrive with around 15-20 boxes. For the payment of these products, usually manager pays in every last month to make effective and efficient in the process of purchasing by using check. Also the manager has a contract to both suppliers. The contract is compulsory to maintain mutual trust between both parties and also maintain the time delivery of the products. By that way, manager can keep tracking on the supplier performance.
Comparative Procurement Process
Three of these organisations are small scale of businesses and they are in different market. In supply chain concept, Business 1 and Business 2 are in the same position, they are both retailer. In contrast Business 3 is the wholesaler. The first step of procurement process that applied by three organisations is identify the requirement of their major products. At this stage, other department in these three organizations identify their requirements to the procurement department and normally they will provide description like quantity, requirement date, and preferred vendor. This first stage is critical because any faulty might costs the organization.
The second stage of Business 2 and Business 3 is to select and identify their supplier whereas Business 1 must first clarify with the owner and then supplier identification is taken next. In the next stage Business 2 and Business ...
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Public procurement also has an important impact on micro and macroeconomic aspects of the national economy and public finances. Proper public procurement system provides important end results, such as: a) ‘better value for money’ for the contracting authorities who thus create a climate of greater volume and better quality public services, b) a healthier public finances, which contributes to the quality of public provision of financial services, c) promotion of the preconditions for economic growth through the creation of a competitive public procurement markets and d) improvement of accountability for the use of public funds in particular through the promotion of the ability of contracting authorities for the quality implementation public procurement procedures (Mujevic, 2012, pp.
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This paper examines the legal aspects of procurement management and specifically how procurement management can be used as an effective tool for the overall management of a project. This paper focuses on the basics of common contract laws, the basics of agency law, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), and some aspects of that pertain to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). A summation of the company’s position in relation to a given supplier (provided the company decides not to procure all of the material in a contract) will be examined along with how that position is strengthened by understanding the legal aspects of procurement management. Finally, the paper will analyze how the project manager is supported by the contracting management function.
My job at TCS has exposed to the various nuances of Supply Chain Management and therefore, I feel I can add value to my profession through a pursuit of this course.
Step 4, search for qualified suppliers: the organization needs to look for the information of supplier from the diverse channel such as Internet webpage, fairs, network associates, etc.
We are going to talk about Procurement cycle, its elements; we are going to talk about each element in a specific way and its significance to the purchasing manager. Procurement cycle has 10 elements (stages) each one of them tell us about the importance of this cycle for the entire purchasing system in every company as there is no company do not need to deal with many types of purchasing systems (ways) in our advanced business world.