Linea del tiempo sobre la historia del departamento de compras. Time Line about the purchasing department.

1. C.d. Universitaria de Nuevo León, September 4th, 2014
Universidad Autónoma De Nuevo León
Facultad De Contaduría Pública y Administración
International Business Program
PURCHASING
Prof. Gabriel Mayagoitia.
Evidence 1

2. 1900
During these years almost all the society regarded the
purchasing as a clerical activity , which means this activity was
related to work office in the keeping of records,
the transcribing of documents, or the handling of
correspondence, but only this ones.
1910

3. In his period that is during the World War I and II, the
purchasing functions in a company increased in
importance in relation to the necessities of obtaining raw
materials, services, and supplies to keep the mines and
factories running, taking control over this activities improving
their amount of functions.
1910
1945

4. 1950 197019601945
1950
During 1950 the purchasing department
continued gaining place, the processes
got more refined, and started the
introduction of more trained
professionals. Also in this years
purchasing was consider still as clerical
but in a staff-support position.
1960
During this decade the integrated
materials systems started their
introduction, the materials became part
of the strategic planning of a production
company, and the importance of
department as a total, increased.
1970
In the 70’s was an oil
embargo and the
shortages of basic raw
materials turned the focus
of the business world to
the purchasing
department, becoming
basic to every
organization.

5. 1970
1980
After the increase of the importance in the purchasing
department with the oil embargo during the 70’s started the
introduction of the strategy of just-in-time with an emphasis on
inventory control and supplier quality; quantity, timing, and
dependability, and the company that had this characteristics
in their purchasing department obtained a competitive
advantage.

6. The introduction of The Chain
Reaction that symbolically expresses
how a step bring us to another. And
the purchasing department started
to think in how their process worked.
1980
The value proposition of purchasing
continued to increase.
The cost-savings by this
department became the
buzzword.
Different questions became the order of the day
for a buyer like:
¿Are we buying at right cost?
¿Supplier is producing it at right quantity or not?
¿Whether supplier is producing the right product
or not?
¿Whether material will come at right time or not?
¿Whether buyer is buying for the company or for
personnel gain?

7. As the decade of the 1990s unfolded, it
became clear that organizations must have an
efficient and effective supply function if they
are to compete successfully with both
domestic and international firms.
Purchasing evolved into strategic
sourcing, contracts were more long
term, and supplier relationship
building and supplier relationship
management started.
1990

8. Companies began to realize that by having their purchasers negotiate or ask for discounts on the
goods or services they bought, they were actually able to reduce prices and as a result improve
the profitability of the company.
Purchasing’s value started to
become more and more
apparent.1990
2000
Purchasing-led
cost savings
initiatives gain
mass appeal.
Strategic sourcing became
increasingly adopted with
companies seeking to
consolidate and leverage their
enterprise wide spend, sign
contracts with one supplier or a
select few suppliers

9. Control over
maverick buys
through software
Reducing the
total hours of
build in a
product
Having a staff person from key, volume
suppliers housed on site to work closely
with production control to ensure
flawless communication, delivery and
problem solving.
Non-production
spend analysis
and solutions
China sourcing
(low cost
country
sourcing and
production)
Coordination
across the
Supply Chain
Use of auctions
2000
2010Advances…

10. 2010-Present
The emerging versions of purchasing will demand:
a strategic focus, a customer service focus, a capacity to interpret financial, political,
legal, operational and other supply chain risks, and the capacity on the part of
practitioners to operate as a senior executive.

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