This presentation is based on case study of Purchasing System. This case is from operation management.

1. Purchasing System By: HitendrasinhZala

2. Background Development of Software System Integrated the automated purchasing system

3. The District School Board January 1, 1998 161 elementary school and 30 secondary schools 90,000 students and 8000 staff members Centrally administer the district education budget and providing the various services

4. The Purchasing Departments Providing a centralized purchasing function for the schools in the district Economic purchasing scale Centralized processing and controlling system Reduce the time and efforts

5. Christine Clark Worked for the purchasing department of the local school board Prior to consolidation: in charge of overseeing the operation and purchasing system After consolidation: deployment of computer based purchasing system

6. The Purchasing Process Place orders through a computer based system Need for a more user friendly system Place orders by telephone or fax to the purchasing departments Coordination problem

7. The Software Platform Decision Authorization of purchasing and billing to the schools Purchasing from the seamless environment Integrated the data processing of the all functions Easy to use Direct order placements

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