Internal order
Whenever staff members require items to work they have the need to communicate this demand. Depending on the use case, our shop solution offers several ways to file it: internal orders or file a purchase requisition.
Examples for internal orders
This offers a rapid process for employees to fill their demand on items required for their work (e.g. for c-parts). Typical products for this process are c-parts like tools, personal protective equipment (ppe) or corporate wear. The processual outcome of the shopping process is either an internal order, a purchase order or a customer order.
Internal order flow
Purchase requistion (freetext) --> internal order --> fulfillment
Fulfillment of internal orders
Once the demand is filed, companies have two decide between two core fulfillment strategies:
- stock fulfillment - means the fastest availability of goods. Downsides are capital binding, warehousing and disposition planning costs.
- On demand purchasing - means slower availability and direct dependency on supplliers. Benefit is the reducion of warehousing cost. Capital binding and disposition planning can be negotiated with the suppliers.
General Process Flow
- Ordering
- "AdHoc purchasing" vs "Local Fulfillment"
Process "Just in time ordering"
Gathering and grouping of demand
Clearance process
Purchaing with supplier
Fulfillment
Billling
Process "Local Warehousing"
Problems
Maverick buying
distributed clearance process require process guidance - especially material clearance
Combination of "Just in time process vs. bulk ordering
warehousing in bulk ordering