Procurement

not new to the world. Saskpower commenced its Automated Infrastructure Program in 2010. The main purpose of this technology was to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of metering customers' electricity usage. Saskpower completed its vendor procurements and selected Sensus for supply of meters and AMI technology and Grid One solutions for the installations. The first field testing began in 2012 in Hanley, SK. After that a lot of meters were installed. In 2014, over a period of three weeks…

requires less paperwork during the sourcing process because there is no need for open market research, such as the “search for sources, need to prepare solicitations, and requirement to synopsize the acquisition” (GSA, 2015). BPAs also reduce procurement lead times (the time between identifying a need and making a purchase) by streamlining the ordering process and eliminating repetitive acquisition efforts. For example, it is much faster to use a BPA to order office equipment, rather than…

concern over nuclear proliferation and cyberspace threats, and over the use by rogue states and nonstate entities of chemical and biological warfare and terrorism. 3. The Defense Department has attempted to increase its efficiency by reforming its procurement…

At first glance, sexism, racism, and homophobia do not seem to be prevalent issues in the Canadian Armed Forces. However, upon delving deeper into the organization’s past and current testimonies, it is clearly the opposite. Anybody that doesn’t fit the ideal image of a military hero: white, male, straight and preferably Christian can expect harassment. For instance, members of the LGBTQ were discharged from the military because of non-accurate beliefs regarding their sexual orientation or gender…

The three local content provisions above have sustainability implications, for instance, employment and training serve both the social and economic sustainability, procurement and contracts serve economic sustainability, and technology transfer serves environmental sustainability. The above analysis has therefore shown more emphasis on the social and economic sustainability. Similarly, the accounting and financial implications of the above provisions are discussed in section 3.15. The three…

The Korean Defense Logistics Agency is a procurement agency. The Agency supplies the Nation 's military services and several civilian agencies with the critical resources they need to accomplish their worldwide missions. KDLA provides wide-ranging logistical support for peacetime and wartime operations, as well as for emergency preparedness and humanitarian missions. In doing so, it faces the challenge of maintaining a high degree of customer service at minimum cost. Current situation What can…

Alternatives: 1) Implement and develop a category management team that will segment the main areas of the organizational spend on direct materials, and utilize this information in the supplier selection process (moving away from purchasing by vendor, but purchasing by category). Advantages: • Allows for innovative thinking, making organizations identify problematic areas, additionally, areas that are costing greater then they should. • Reduces prices paid through the use of value levers such…

SAS 99 Summary The Auditor has the responsibility to plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether caused by error or fraud. The Auditor has standards of fieldwork that should be used as a guide to fulfill their responsibility. These standards are covered in SAS 99. Fraud is the intentional act that results in a material misstatement in financial statements that are the subject of an audit. There are two…

Shortages in organs available for a transplant continues to be a problem in the United States, even though the transplant of donated organs is completely safe. A person not registered as an organ donor may believe organ donation is against his or her religion or that it is necessary to donate organs while still living, but that is not the case. There are almost only benefits when it comes to registering to be an organ donor. To first understand why organ donation is important, it is necessary to…

JCIDS ensures procurement programs are prioritized, requirements-driven, and are long-term solutions. Within JCIDS, the capabilities-based assessment (CBA) process holistically considers linkage to strategic documents and the forecasted future-operating environment in…