{"id":137,"date":"2016-10-09T01:37:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T01:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/?p=137"},"modified":"2016-10-09T01:48:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T01:48:03","slug":"procurement-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/2016\/10\/09\/procurement-in-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement in IT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IT procurement revolves around the activities necessary to acquire IT products and services,telecommunications,hardware,software etc.It\u00a0involves establishing terms and conditions for providing services,price negotiations,performing market research,and communicating with the customers regarding the status of purchases.IT procurement activities majorly fall under the enterprise wide project management process.Some of the documents involved are:<br \/>\na)Requests for Information(RFI) b) Request for Proposal (RFP) and c) Request for Quotations (RFQ)<\/p>\n<p>IT Vendor Management and IT Procurement usually go hand in hand,however both have some specific areas to focus on.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Vendor Management<\/span><br \/>\na)Vendor management is mostly focused on maintaining the relationships with third parties and mitigating\u00a0the risks associated in dealing with them.<br \/>\nb)The goal is to ensure that all vendors are functioning as per the agreed contracts and \u00a0are adhering to the company&#8217;s standards.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Procurement<\/span><br \/>\na)Procurement&#8217;s objective is to save company&#8217;s money and reduce the risk related to contracts.Contracts that\u00a0are due for renewal are also reassessed under\u00a0procurement process.<br \/>\nb) Aim\u00a0is to reduce costs ,license fee etc.Under procurement process negotiating for the best price is one of the main objectives.<br \/>\nc)The terms and conditions are also reviewed to check if they are in alignment with the contract and are in favor the\u00a0company&#8217;s interests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalistmag.com\/finance\/2016\/08\/08\/future-of-procurement-what-cfos-need-to-know-04368621\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/files\/2016\/10\/IT-procurement.-300x202.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/files\/2016\/10\/IT-procurement.-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/files\/2016\/10\/IT-procurement.-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/erpsystems\/files\/2016\/10\/IT-procurement..jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Procurement in IT (Source : http:\/\/www.digitalistmag.com\/finance) Click on image for source<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT procurement revolves around the activities necessary to acquire IT products and services,telecommunications,hardware,software etc.It\u00a0involves establishing terms and conditions for providing services,price negotiations,performing market research,and communicating with the customers regarding the status of purchases.IT procurement activities majorly fall under the enterprise wide project management process.Some of the documents involved are: a)Requests for Information(RFI) b) Request for &hellip; 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