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Category Manager: A category manager is an expert from within the company that is assigned to a particular item group. Requests are sent to a category manager whenever coding is incomplete. |
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| Delivery Location(s): A delivery location is an address / point of interest that can be used in procurement for delivery. This can be further detailed by providing a note that, for example, the goods should be delivered at the reception desk. |
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| EAN: Abbreviation for European Article Number. This is a barcode type that is used internationally. It is meant to identify products via a unique number. |
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| Free Request: A free request is a request without a pre-configured item or a webshop. In practice a buyer can basically ask for anything. Hence the term 'free'. A category manager or the buyer has to decide where the item will be ordered and how the coding should be. |
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| Goods receipt: A physical or digital document that proofs you have received items that you have ordered. |
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Item group(s): An item group is a categorization that holds multiple items. One example is 'Office supplies' that can hold paperwork, but also pencils and other small items like paperclips. Within procurement an item group is also used for automatic coding. Item(s): An item is an article/product that can be ordered via the procurement module. Within procurement it is possible to setup an internal catalogue. Everything that is inside that catalogue is considered an item. |
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Obligo report: The obligo report contains all obligations that are currently still open. OCI: Abbreviation for 'Open Catalog Interface'. OCI is the interfacing method that is used to connect external webshop with procurement. |
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Purchase order: A legal document that is created by a buyer to sent to a vendor that confirms the buyer wants to buy either products, services or both. Purchase request: A purchase request is a request for products, services or both. A purchase request will be turned into a purchase order whenever it has been approved. |
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| Recurring order: A recurring order is an order that returns in the exact same form, but on a later date. |
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| Unit of measure: A unit in which a requested can be measured. Some items will be requested in pieces while others might be in kilograms. |
| Vendor: The company that sells the products or services that are requested. |
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| Webshop: A digital shop that sells products, services or both. Within procurement an OCI is used so the original webshop of the vendor can be used. All items are then circulated back to our application. |
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