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13. Typical Ordering Procedures. You Should Be Able To:. Explain the objectives of storage. Describe the factors needed to achieve storage objectives. Illustrate the process of managing inventory and storage facilities. Generate a stock requisition and describe its use.
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13 Typical Ordering Procedures
You Should Be Able To: • Explain the objectives of storage. • Describe the factors needed to achieve storage objectives. • Illustrate the process of managing inventory and storage facilities. • Generate a stock requisition and describe its use. • List important storage-management practices that small hospitality operators should follow.
A Buyer’s Concerns • Obtaining the • Right amount • At the right time • With the right supplier services • For the right EP Cost
Purchase Requisition Document listing the products or services needed by someone in the hospitality operation; sent to buyer to find the best deals; typically used for items buyer doesn’t purchase on a regular basis.
Purchase Requisition (cont.) • Disadvantages • Too many people involved in deciding types and qualities of products and services • Invites backdoor selling • Requires time and effort to implement/maintain such a system
Purchase Requisition (cont.) • Advantages • Useful training device for department heads who want to become full-time buyers • Can relieve a buyer of responsibility for ordering mistakes • Can relieve buyer of paperwork • Helps provide control of product use in different departments
Ordering Procedures • Buyer determines amount to order • Buyer prepares purchase order (PO) • Buyer sends purchase order to suppliers • Purchase order form varies, but basic information the same
Ordering Procedures (cont.) • Placing the order • Handing the sales representative the PO • Calling in or faxing the order • Sending the order by email • Sending the order via the Web
Purchase Orders • Resembles a purchase requisition. However it is an external document used to procure goods and services.
Purchase Orders (cont.) • Information usually includes • Date • Transportation requirement • Packaging instructions • Quantity • Item type • Unit size • Unit price • Extended price
Purchase Orders (cont.) • Operations use different number of copies of the PO • Supplier -- original • Second supplier copy – to use as a bill • Third supplier copy—for initialing and to send back to the buyer • Buyer copy • Receiving clerk copy • Requisitioner copy • Accountant or bookkeeper copy • Head office copy
Change Order Used if a buyer wishes to alter a purchase order that was recently placed with a vendor; may be a written document, or it could be accomplished with a phone call or email.
Expediting • Buyer’s effort to monitor suppliers to ensure that products and services arrive at the right time in the right condition • Special times – steaks required for a banquet • Often used with FFE, since unlike foods or beverages, it is much more difficult to ship and install them
Streamlining • Blanket Order • Purchase Order Draft System • Supplier’s Forms • Standing Order • Computerization