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* '''[[w:Purchasing|Purchasing]]''' refers to a business or organization attempting to acquiring goods or services to accomplish the goals of its enterprise. ( Wikipedia ) | * '''[[w:Purchasing|Purchasing]]''' refers to a business or organization attempting to acquiring goods or services to accomplish the goals of its enterprise. ( Wikipedia ) | ||
* A '''[[w:purchase order|purchase order]]''' ('''PO''') is a [[w:Trade|commercial]] document and first official offer issued by a [[w:buyer|buyer]] to a [[w:vendor (supply chain)|seller]], indicating types, quantities, and agreed prices for products or services the seller will provide to the buyer. Sending a purchase order to a supplier constitutes a legal offer to buy products or services. Acceptance of a purchase order by a seller usually forms a [[w:contract|contract]] between the buyer and seller, so no contract exists until the purchase order is accepted. ( Wikipedia ) | |||
World class purchasing must accomondate | |||
* '''[[w:Total quality management|Total quality management]]''' / '''TQM''' is an integrative philosophy of management for continuously improving the [[w:Quality (business)|quality]] of products and [[w:business process|processes]]. ( Wikipedia ) | |||
* | * '''[[w:Just in time (business)|Just in time]]''' ('''JIT''') is a production strategy that strives to improve a business [[w:return on investment|return on investment]] by reducing in-process [[w:inventory|inventory]] and associated [[w:carrying cost|carrying cost]]s. ( Wikipedia ) | ||