Procurement (Purchasing)

Process Design Pattern

Purpose

To acquire products or services required within the business and to ensure that the company achieves the stated benefits for the requisition in accordance with our Purchasing Policy

Outcomes

 

Activities

  • Identify Requirements and Business Case
  • Prepare Strategy and Plan
  • Request Proposals (Non-standard item)
  • Evaluate Proposals (Non-standard item)
  • Negotiate Contract
  • Monitor delivery
  • Accept the products and services
  • Close the Requisition (added to asset log)

NOTE: Supplier Management following the completion of the contract or acquisition of the product is the responsibility of the requisitioner or possibly a supplier management team where there are strategic relationships with a supplier.

Roles

  • Buyer
  • Requisitioner
  • Supplier
  • Contracts Specialist

Entry Criteria

Need and Initial Requirements for a thing to purchase identified (may be fuzzy)

Objects

  • Thing,
  • Contract
  • Approved Supplier List
  • Asset Log

Process Owner

Person from Finance, or Procurement or Purchasing.

References

This process links to the following Best Practice, External Standards and Product Standards. Links to other processes that this process may start are also indicated.