Enterprise Purchasing Process

Topic: Enterprise Purchasing Process

Type of paper: Research paper

Discipline: Business and Management : Business

Format or citation style: APA

Write an analysis of the purchasing process conducted by a specific enterprise of your choice.

Complete the following:

Select a current or previous employer and briefly describe the organization and its main business. You do not have to have been involved in the organization’s actual purchasing process and decisions to complete the assessment.

Analyze the purchasing process of the company by answering the following:

Assess and describe what it was like to acquire products within the company for use in your job. Do not include products that were for resale.

If possible, provide examples of both smaller items—such as office supplies or items needed to complete daily tasks—as well as larger items, such as a computer.
Describe the process required to obtain the products. Include such information as:

The time it took to obtain items.
The process, or processes, involved. For example, was the process time consuming or straightforward?
Explain any difficulty in obtaining products.
Describe how the process could have been improved.