Inixindo, as I have explained in my previous blog entry, is a IT education company which is an official learning partner of Microsoft, Sun, Oracle, Cisco,etc. The materials (books/companion cd) used for the class is of course supplied by the respective vendor. At this opportunity, I would like to explain the e-procurement mechanism of Inixindo in regard on purchasing materials for the upcoming class.
For the material procurement, purchasal is usally done 1 week before the scheduled class. The procurement staff will inform the respective vendors by submitting purchasing order. However, in different vendor there is also different mechanism. In the case with Microsoft and Cisco, the procurement staff have only to submit the order via web application provided in the website link accessible only to certified learning partner of those vendor, therefore it makes easy in placing order for the upcoming class. Once order has been placed and being paid, the vendor will process the order and sent the requested materials to Inixindo ASAP.
However these are not the case in ordering materials from Oracle or Sun Microsystem, the purchasing staff must forst make a telephone contact to infor the upcoming purchase to the Oracle Indonesia or Sun Microsystem Singapore. Then, they will follow up the order for materials on their own with whatever method they use to the central printing office. After it finished, the printing office will sent the materials first to the representatives of the vendors (branch offices) before they sent those materials to Inixindo.
One possible problem that might happen is that the difficulty in implementing standard of e-procurement. In inixindo case, vendors have different mechanism and preferences in handling orders from customers like inixindo. Therefore as a company, inixindo must be able to adapt with several method of procurement, be it may e-procurement or traditional procurement.
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