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Procurement Planning and the Procurement Plan: Why are they Important?

All the procurement professionals are welcome to answer my questions.

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Question added by Jahabar Sadiq Ifthikar , Procurement Manager , Compass PMC
Date Posted: 2014/03/31
amer jayyousi
by amer jayyousi , Business Development Consultant , freelance

procurement planning is the action of procurement in general and broader form.

procurement plan  is the plan we put tp start searching,prospecting suppliers,negotiating,and making the purchase.we also include time frame and shipping time lines and processes.

Absar Uddin Rubel
by Absar Uddin Rubel , Senior Executive, Procurement , BAIZID STEEL INDUSTRIES LTD

Procurement planning and procuremnt plan are important for....

  • Cost minimize and effective procurement
  • Save time and production lost
  • support production line within lead time
  • To implementation of TCO ( total cost of Ownership)

ASKAR ALI PATTANI
by ASKAR ALI PATTANI , Senior Document Controller / Aconex Professional , Alsaad General Contracting Co. Ltd. - Riyadh Metro Project Line1 (under BACS Consortium)

To save time, to reduce cost.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Let's put it this way: If you don't have a procurement planning, how are you going to be efficient as a procurement professional?

If you don't have a supply base, if you don't have been prepared for future requirements, if you haven't sourced enough and if you have no timetables, then you will create cost instead of deduct it.

Jocelyn Perena
by Jocelyn Perena , Procurment Lead And Governance , CPP, CPPM Certified , Agthia Group

Procurement planning is the backbone for purchase decision.

Majed Alghamdi
by Majed Alghamdi , Purchasing Manager , King Faisal specialist Hospital & research center

Procurement plan is an important strategy to :1- Manage your resources for full year requirements.2-Manage your internal customers and not be manged by them.

gopikrishnan parthasarathy
by gopikrishnan parthasarathy , Purchase and supply chain engineer , Teja machinery

Procurement planning is important because

1) we can reduce cost  and time.

2) we can select the right supplier for material

3) We can choose right material required for the project.

4) We can buy the material within budget5) we can also implement the JIT (Just In Time Delivery of material)

6) We can implement group buying.

 

 

 

Jahabar Sadiq Ifthikar
by Jahabar Sadiq Ifthikar , Procurement Manager , Compass PMC

Procurement planning is the process of deciding what to buy, when and from what source. During the procurement planning process the procurement method is assigned and the expectations for fulfillme...

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