In-House Procurement Program
  Evaluation
    ·  Interview Employees
    ·  Study Organizational Interactions
    ·  Study Personnel Interactions
    ·  Examine Procurement Workflow

  Reports
    ·  Findings
    ·  Recommendations

  Policies and Procedures
    ·  Organizational Charts
    ·  Work Flow Diagrams
    ·  Work Instructions
    ·  Policy Statements
    ·  Procedures

  Personnel Training
    ·  Individual Training
    ·  Group Training
    ·  Refresher Training
    ·  On-Going Counseling
    ·  12-Hour Help Desk
    ·  Train Buyers, Requestors, and Managers

  Integration
    ·  Connect-the-dots to Inter-related Departments
    ·  Reinforce Intra-Department Cooperation

  Implementation
    ·  Turn on the switch

  Automation
    ·  Make Off-the-Shelf Software Recommendations
    ·  Assist with Customization of Purchased Software
    
Alternate solution:
    ·  Write Rules for Customized Procurement Database
    ·  Locate Qualified Programmer to write Database Program


Ricardo L. Whitaker