Procurement can be defined as the process to obtain materials, supplies, services and contracts with the highest level of qualitative services and the best total cost through open and fair competition.
The use of Procurement Service Providers (PSP) is rapidly increasing due to global market conditions and the need for businesses to maintain and reduce costs without eliminating resources.
“Enterprises that have outsourced management of specific procurement processes and/or specific categories of spending have been able to achieve material cost reductions that average between 10% and 25%. In some cases, material cost reductions topped 30%.” Aberdeen Group Research Abstract
PPII offers a wide range of Procurement services for different kinds of projects to complete supply chain management, including but not limited to:
– Purchasing
To procure the highest quality Equipment and materials in accordance with the client/customer requirements, PPII provides full range of professional purchasing services including but not limited to:
* Sourcing Management and Identification of potential suppliers
* Preparing Tender documents
* Preparing Bidder list (short list)
* Preparing RFQ
* Holding the Tender
* Commercial & technical Analysis
* Preparing TBE & CBE & vendor selection
* Preparing the purchase order
– Expediting
Today expediting is an integral part of the procurement process. In the past, expediting has been considered a corrective function rather than a preventive function. However, as both the schedule and the pricing of projects continue to become increasingly critical, expediting should be incorporated into the project planning at the onset to ensure the required timely delivery.
Expediting is a continuous process, commencing at the time of order placement, of ensuring that final delivery of goods and documentation to the job site is achieved within the shortest possible timeframe.
On any key procurement, delays in delivery of materials, products or equipment to their final destination result in very expensive costs. To eliminate or reduce the potential problems for such delays, PPII provides qualified expeditors to actively oversee and when necessary assist suppliers in management of milestones and processes through the supply-chain as necessary to improve the required delivery of any items which may be critical to the procurement schedule.
Therefore, expeditors play an active role rather than a passive role in reporting suppliers’ progress. Not only will the expeditors verify and report the status of materials and activities related to the agreed programs, but they also actively anticipate possible delays or bottlenecks, advise, assess, (when necessary) coordinate, urge, influence or put pressure on the suppliers to maintain or improve upon the milestones agreed.
PPII expediting services including but not limited to :
* Facilitate and accelerate project progress
* Control and supervising every single terms & conditions of purchase order/contract
* Monitoring the manufacturing process from A-Z
* Coordinate with all relevant parties to meet the on time delivery
* Professional reporting system
* Anticipate project bottlenecks
– Inspection
PPII provides full range of professional inspection services to minimize the risk of defective products by ensuring they meet both client/customer standards and industry and government regulations. This serves to protect your business interests, help manage your risk and ensure quality products are manufactured and delivered to their final destination at the specifications of the client/customer.
Pre-Shipping and Technical Inspections services including but not limited to:
* Performing and supervising on Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for all different kind of goods such as Mechanical Running Test, Performance Test, Hydro test, etc.
* Final visual & Dimensional check according to approved drawings and documents
* Analyzing sub-vendors
* Preparing ITP (Inspection & Test Plan)
* Holding PIM (Pre-inspection meeting)
* Check of calibration certificates for inspection tools
* Auditing of the vendor’s quality control program
* preparing inspection reports and Non-Conformance Report (NCR)
* Verification of packing and marking
* Issue of Final Release Certificate
– Logistical services
To complete your supply chain, our freight forwarding & logistics sister company provides transport solutions tailored to your needs and requirements. No matter the destination or type of cargo, we create the best solutions in close cooperation with our clients.
All types of Logistics services :
* Sea Freight
* Air Freight
* Road Freight
* Rail Freight
* Multimodal
* Customs Clearance
* Consulting in Export and Import Documentation
* Consulting in Insurance of Goods
* Assistance with payment of goods