Procurement, Inventory, and Production

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Checklist for Purchasing Used Vehicles Benefits: For many small business owners, buying a reliable used vehicle to use in their business makes more sense than buying a new one. By doing s ...

Inventory Audit Checklist Download the attached checklist to help conduct an audit of your inventory management processes. Attachments: InventoryAuditChecklist.doc

Purchase Order Form Download the attached file for use as a Purchase Order when purchasing from vendors. Attachments: PurchaseOrderForm.doc

Purchase Requisition Form Download the attached document for use as an internal Purchase Requisition Form. Attachments: PurchaseRequisitionForm.doc

Request for Quotation Download the attached form to help in developing a Request for Quotation (RFQ) to submit to prospective vendors. Attachments: RequestforQuotation ...

Product Development Metrics Dashboard Use this tool to define, track, and report on your key product development metrics and key performance indicators. All the metrics can be easily customized ...

Product Development Prioritization Tool Use this tool to evaluate product development initiatives according to their strategic fit, economic impact, and feasibility. Download now! SME Toolkit user ...

Supplier and Vendor Evaluation Use this tool to evaluate your suppliers individually. Have each supplier conduct a "self evaluation" by scoring themselves across 4 key dimension ...

Demand Forecasting What is a demand forecast? A demand forecast is the prediction of what will happen to your company's existing product sales. It would be best to determi ...

Going Green, Upstream: The Promise of Supply Chain Enviro... Source: National Environmental Education Foundation NEETF studied and interviewed 10 supply chain environmental management program leaders from diverse i ...

Grow Global: 15 Ways to Find New or Hidden Markets in the...   Currently 5.0/5 Stars. Position your business to thrive globally during difficult times by Laurel Delaney In a recent article headlined "Manufacturers' Profits Outpa ...

Managing Quality What is quality? Quality generally refers to a certain degree or level of excellence. The American National Standards Institute and the American Soc ...

Managing the Workplace What is the Five S Program? The 5S program is usually a part of, and the key component of Visual Factory (Workplace) Management. It focuses on having visual ...

Managing Your Inventory There are various notions about inventory. One school of thought contends that having inventory is inevitable since the costs of not having inventor ...

Managing Your Materials What is Purchasing? Purchasing is the process of sourcing and ordering materials, services, and equipment. It is sometimes referred to as Procurement. Its m ...

Managing Your Materials Requirements With the advent of technology, manufacturing companies have found themselves in stiffer competitive grounds competing in terms of reduced costs and ...

Preparing Your Production Plan What is a production plan? A production plan is that portion of your intermediate-range business plan that your manufacturing / operations department is res ...

Sample Request for Proposals Requesting proposals before purchasing an item/s for your organization is common practice. Any item which may require a good amount of investment on the org ...

Grow Global: 15 Ways to Find New or Hidden Markets in the...   Currently 5.0/5 Stars. Position your business to thrive globally during difficult times by Laurel Delaney In a recent article headlined "Manufacturers' Profits Outpa ...