Raising the Order: What a Buyer's PO Commits
You follow one purchase order from the four minutes it took to raise to the payment it blocked. You see what issuing it commits the buyer to, and the clause in the buyer's own terms that makes the supplier's date conditional. You meet an ex-factory date no approval calendar in the building could have met. And you price three changes from the side that asked for them.
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Course value
What will you be able to do?
Work outcome
You can place an order with the supplier who can genuinely take it, and run a dated critical path across a portfolio rather than one order. You can judge a factory on evidence rather than on its last excuse, and act on a slip while there is still time to act.
Who it is for
Brand and buying-office teams.
What you will produce
You build an issue pack for one order. You list the six things a purchase order commits the buyer to. You set out the buyer's own milestones with a date and an owner each. You read the two calendars against each other before the order is sent. You price four late-running options. And you write an amendment rule that moves the order, the intake plan, the re-confirmation, and every clock that measures the supplier.
Learning format
3 lessons · 0 templates · workplace calculations and decisions.