Procurement Task

A Procurement Task is a purchase task that is an organizational task.

• Context:
  • It can be instantiated in a Procurement Event.
  • It can be facilitated by a Procurement System.
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• Example(s):
  • California State Procurement Event.
  • San Francisco City Procurement Event.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Personal Purchase.
• See: Total Cost of Ownership, Purchase, Supply Chain Management.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procurement Retrieved:2021-5-3.
  • Procurement is the process of finding and agreeing to terms, and acquiring goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process. Procurement generally involves making buying decisions under conditions of scarcity. If sound data is available, it is good practice to make use of economic analysis methods such as cost-benefit analysis or cost-utility analysis. Procurement as an organizational process is intended to ensure that the buyer receives goods, services, or works at the best possible price when aspects such as quality, quantity, time, and location are compared. Corporations and public bodies often define processes intended to promote fair and open competition for their business while minimizing risks such as exposure to fraud and collusion. Almost all purchasing decisions include factors such as delivery and handling, marginal benefit, and price fluctuations. Organisations which have adopted a corporate social responsibility perspective are also likely to require their purchasing activity to take wider societal and ethical considerations into account.

2016

• (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/procurement#Acquisition_process Retrieved:2016-3-28.
  • The revised acquisition process for major systems in industry and defense is shown in the next figure. The process is defined by a series of phases during which technology is defined and matured into viable concepts, which are subsequently developed and readied for production, after which the systems produced are supported in the field.

    The process allows for a given system to enter the process at any of the development phases. For example, a system using unproven technology would enter at the beginning stages of the process and

    would proceed through a lengthy period of technology maturation, while a system based on mature

    and proven technologies might enter directly into engineering development or, conceivably, even

    production. The process itself includes four phases of development:

    • Concept and Technology Development: is intended to explore alternative concepts based on assessments of operational needs, technology readiness, risk, and affordability.
    • Concept and Technology Development phase begins with concept exploration. During this stage, concept studies are undertaken to define alternative concepts and to provide information about capability and risk that would permit an objective comparison of competing concepts.
    • System Development and Demonstration phase. This phase could be entered directly as a result of a technological opportunity and urgent user need, as well as having come through concept and technology development.
    • The last, and longest phase is the Sustainable and Disposal phase of the program. During this phase all necessary activities are accomplished to maintain and sustain the system in the field in the most cost-effective manner possible.

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