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1. Site Procured Supplies:
1. A significant part of construction is knowning the right people to procure supplies of materials and specialized services.   Specialized services invluce recruitment of skilled labour for short duration projects.
2. A project does not own any materials and so all materials needed on a project must be procured from suppliers.   Procurement is not just the purchase of the materials, but the delivery to site and collection of waste as unused materials.
3. Procurement may include a financing plan to have the materials delivered with payment terms of up to 28 days.
3. Procurement may be to source to materials and the client to directly pay the supplier or to pay the project who pays the supplier.
2. A client site is the work place for a project to execute a client contract.

2. Procurement Management:
1. Every company has a need for Procurement Management where materials and services are acquired from different suppliers for the benefit of a project.
2. A Critical Success Factor (CSF) is payment terms.   A large company may insist on a long payment term, while a smaller company may be obliged to pay with a shorter payment term.
3. Suppliers have little information to do due dilligence on a customers ability to pay and willingness to pay on time.
4. Evidence is that the larger tier-1 company choose to delay payments to suppliers to help their own cash flow.

1. Supplies:
1. A major cost to be managed is purchased supplies such as concrete.
2. The project plan includes a supplies register of planned supplies with schedule of costs and delivery dates.

2. Supply Register:
1. An asset is the supply register that is part of the project plan of scheduled supplies.
2. Procurement will identify the best supplier and the date of delivery.
3. The delivery date is shown on the Daily Activity Briefing for the scheduled date.
4. Supplies have a cost to the company and a cost to the project - the project cost may be billed to the client.
5. Where supplies are paid directly by the client, a task note of the supply is made so project costs remain complete and correct.

3. Information:
1. The supply register shows supplies scheduled for the entire project as part of the project plan, contract and quotation.
2. Supplies have a cost to the company as a purchase requisition with expected delivery date that will match a supplier invoice - the company will pay the cupplier invoice according to terms.
3. The company diary manages supplies as:
  (1). Project plan scheduled supplies delivery date and amount.
  (2). Purchase Requisition date and amount issued to chosen supplier.
  (3). Delivery date and amount.
  (4). Supplier Invoice date and amount.
  (5). Supplier Payment date and amount according to terms.
  (6). Project purchased supplies date and amount that may be cost plus a percentage to cover overheads.   Project purchased supplies may become a line item in the client invoice.

9. Intellectual Property (IP):
1. Site Procured Supplies Register and the Inspection Reports become valuable Intellectual property that is transferred to the client.

Document Control.
1. Document Title: Site Procured Supplies.
2. Description: Site Procured Supplies, policies and guidelines.
3. Keywords: Site Procured Supplies, policies and guidelines.
4. Privacy: Shared with approved people for the benefit of humanity.
5. Edition: 1.1.
6. Issued: 2 Jan 2018.