Details

Case

Establishing Specification for Mineral Water Procurement

Amna Mehmood, Muhammad Naiman Jalil

INDUSTRY : Mineral Water Procurement

AREA : Production & Operation Management

ORGANIZATION : The Provincial Food Department

LENGTH : 4

LUMS No : 03-853-2014-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2014

KEYWORDS:

Mineral Water Procurement,Specification Requirements,Criteria,Principles of Procurement

DESCRIPTION:

When carrying out procurement, it is essential that the specification requirement is stated clearly and accurately to avoid misunderstanding by the suppliers. The final outcome will be largely determined by the effort undertaken to define the set of requirements that need to be satisfied. The purpose of this caselet is to engage participants in discussing a potential emergency situation, where water needs to be distributed to the affected victims. The participants are required to write specifications for procuring 100,000 litres of water as inventory. They need to focus on mineral content and packaging when setting their specifications.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1) Expose participants to the variable options available when procuring a product and make them understand how significant planning at this stage is to the overall objective of procurement. 2) Emphasize the importance of amrket research for the accuracy and clarity of the specifications to be made. 3) Ask the participants to develop specifications and standards most suitable for procurement along with justifications for selecting the requirement criteria. 5) Understand the impact of different specification options on the principles of procurement.

SUBJECTS COVERED:

Production, Operations Management