Emergency Purchases
Emergency Purchases
(OP)
Could you guys help me understand what is the procedure of handling emergency purchases in your organization. I have worked with companies who do/don't give freedom (monetary as well as decision making)to the end users.
Moreover, what kind of suppliers you use when the time is really crucial (in case of spares needed for critical breakdowns etc). I have mostly worked in Pakistan where we used "petty cash" suppliers (actually a very small enterprise, usually one or two guys) who could buy and deliver the stuff from market and bill us later. Is this applicable in your countries as well. Would appreciate if someone from Australia also give the input.
Moreover, what kind of suppliers you use when the time is really crucial (in case of spares needed for critical breakdowns etc). I have mostly worked in Pakistan where we used "petty cash" suppliers (actually a very small enterprise, usually one or two guys) who could buy and deliver the stuff from market and bill us later. Is this applicable in your countries as well. Would appreciate if someone from Australia also give the input.





RE: Emergency Purchases
So we now have to fill out a purchasing req, get it signed by a department manager with the appropriate $ value sign off, for large amounts get the directors signature, get it signed of by accounting that we're using valid job codes, find one of the few remaining on site purchasers to give it to, and then hope they get to it that day.
Or something like that. Our facilities guy may have a bit more lee-way I don't know.
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RE: Emergency Purchases
For any REAL emergencies I would have thought any company would use whatever means possible from whoever could supply the part quickest, assuming they meet whatever safety standards are applicable.
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One thing was brought home to me the hard way: a company in the US has a legal obligation to make payroll (i.e. pay your paycheck). But reimbursements for employee expenses are not part of that - your reimbursement is handled as if you were any other creditor. Had my reimbursement check for several hundred $$ for R+D shop equipment held up for several weeks by a rather unscrupulous company CFO. Grrr....
RE: Emergency Purchases
I've been sitting at a cost of $25k/h for two and a half weeks because the administrative side did not want to fork $5k for a conveyor belt.
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RE: Emergency Purchases
Ajack, - I'd like to think what you put is true too but based on what I've seen I fear it isn't always.
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Tobalcane
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- Steve
RE: Emergency Purchases
Tobalcane
"If you avoid failure, you also avoid success."
RE: Emergency Purchases
Companies with an approved vendor list...
Companies that require purchase requisitions...
Companies that have non-technical people making purchasing decisions
RE: Emergency Purchases
However, where Sompting is the equivalent would be something like 'RS'.
Sompting, we have the same issue with approved suppliers, although they do allow small credit card orders through purchasing from 'non approved' suppliers with some limitations.
We have a local hardware supplier that will buy things from third parties for us when we can't get them into the system etc. - for example for reasons I don't fully understand we can't buy direct from Missumi.
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RE: Emergency Purchases
Peter Stockhausen
Senior Design Analyst (Checker)
Infotech Aerospace Services
www.infotechpr.net
RE: Emergency Purchases
For instance I had a PC with a very unusual RAM config. When it needed new RAM we got it next day delivery from a non approved supplier using my manager's credit card.
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