purchasing department

collocation in English

meaningsofpurchaseanddepartment

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purchase
noun
uk
/ˈpɜː.tʃəs/us
/ˈpɝː.tʃəs/
something that ...
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department
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt/us
/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt/
a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study ...
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(Definition ofpurchaseanddepartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpurchasing department

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They have a centralpurchasingdepartment.
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There will be a centralpurchasingdepartment.
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As he rightly pointed out, the skill of a successful industrial company depends on itspurchasingdepartment.
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However, before any supplier is invited to tender, thepurchasingdepartmentwill ensure that he can meet its requirements.
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It is surely not beyond the wit of man to have much closer collaboration between thepurchasingdepartmentand health authorities.
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Purchase order requests can also be passed to thepurchasingdepartmentvia a management information system.
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Historically, thepurchasingdepartmentissued purchase orders for supplies, services, equipment, and raw materials.
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Thepurchasingdepartmentis then responsible for the purchased price variances from the supply base.
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In an example scenario, apurchasingdepartmentplaces orders as its requirements become known.
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The procure-to-pay systems enable the integration ofpurchasingdepartmentwith account payables department.
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In this situation, thepurchasingdepartmentissues the purchase order receipt not required.
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In other companies the procurement and management of the supply base is the responsibility of a separatepurchasingdepartment.
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Similar to their structured settlement paymentpurchasingdepartment, the company purchases some of, or their entire annuity payment stream for cash sooner.
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The request is a document which tells thepurchasingdepartmentor manager exactly what items and services are requested, the quantity, source and associated costs.
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A requisition is used in business as an internal document used to notify stores or thepurchasingdepartmentof items that are needed or need to be ordered.
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For financial reporting purposes such period costs aspurchasingdepartment, warehouse, and other operating expenses are usually not treated as part of inventory or cost of goods sold.
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Early in his tenure, he presented a brief to cabinet recommending that ministers reduce their budgets and that the government create apurchasingdepartmenttasked with coordinating spending on supplies.
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