Inviting Bids

Bids should be invited through the publication of an announcement of tendering proceedings. No pre-qualification should be conducted for disposing of stores, assets or equipment. Prequalification may only be resulted to with the prior approval of the PPOA. Contents of Read More …

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DISADVANTAGES OF VMI

Size of the Buying organization and consumption rates This may sound glib, but it is true. Take retail for example – if you have thousands of shops and significant buying power suppliers may be able to justify the management cost Read More …

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VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY (VMI)

A means of optimizing Supply Chain performance in which the manufacturer is responsible for maintaining the distributor‘s inventory levels. The manufacturer has access to the distributor‘s inventory data and is responsible for generating purchase orders. Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is a Read More …

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ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP)

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is business management software—usually a suite of integrated applications—that a company can use to store and manage data from every stage of business, including: Product planning, cost and development Manufacturing Marketing and sales Inventory management Shipping Read More …

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Problems with MRP systems

First problem with MRP systems – the integrity of the data. If there are any errors in the inventory data, the bill of materials (commonly referred to as ‘BOM’) data, or the master production schedule, then the output data will Read More …

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