Scheduling Parts for Manufacturing Projects
- Scheduling framework
- Collating material requirements
- Line of balance
- Computer solutions
Purchasing – Principles and Initial Ordering
- Purchasing and materials control
- Purchasing cycle
- Purchase order; commercial conditions of purchase
- Incoterms
- Specifying the goods
- Timing of orders and deliveries
- Purchase quantities
Purchasing – Post Order Activities and Materials Control
- Purchase order amendments
- Expediting
- Shortages
- Pareto principle and stock management
- Project or stock purchasing
- Project purchasing as a condition of contract
- Stores administration
- Materials management as shared or common service
Purchasing – Procedures for Capital Projects
- The purchasing organisation
- Purchase control schedules
- Purchase specifications
- Purchase enquiries
- Bid evaluation
- Purchase requisitions and orders
- Specification
- Enquiry and order numbers
- Quality and progress
- Vendors’ documents
- Shipping, port and customs formalities
- Purchase order status reports
Example Candidate Response Booklet
Example Candidate Response (ECR) Booklets are a source of crucial information for Centres and Candidates as they use real candidate responses. We ask Senior Examiners to comment on five or more responses in terms of why the mark was awarded with commentary about how to improve the answer (if necessary).
