Buying in to Quality

摘要

Organizations use a purchasing process to buy necessary goods for their operations. Most have a purchasing department responsible for the execution and performance of this process. A typical purchasing process begins after an internal client sends a purchasing department an approved requisition (see Figure 1, p. 32). This usually contains a list of materials to buy, their budgeted value, and a cost center or project that expenses will be assigned to. With this input, and following guidelines in an organization's purchasing manual, a buyer selects a supplier, negotiates a price and other terms, and issues an approved purchase order. The process ends after the purchase order is sent to the supplier (for a list of defined purchasing terms, read the sidebar "Purchasing Glossary" on p. 33).