virtual business purchasing. determining the supply of goods & services for your store
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Virtual Business
Purchasing
Purchasing
Determining the supply of goods & services for your store.
Importance of the Purchasing(Product) Decision
Businesses must decide what products consumers want & be
certain there is an adequate amount of stock to satisfy demand.
Buyer
Person responsible for purchasing merchandise for resale. Small stores – the manager/owner is the buyer. Large stores – May have someone
who is designated
Responsibilities of Buyer
• Must determine which products will have the highest demand in their store.
• Must have a purchasing plan in place that orders merchandise before it is needed based on the selling season.
• Must analyze sales reports to help determine how much of each product to buy.
Purchasing Conflict
• Shortage: If businesses purchase too little demand will not be satisfied & customers will become disgruntled and sales will be lost.
• Surplus: If businesses purchase too much they can incur losses for expired goods & excess inventory expenses.
• Equilibrium: At what point will consumers buy a certain amount of products at a given price.
Secret to Successful Purchasing
A business must track their product sales to help determine what products to buy & adjust purchasing levels to
meet consumer demand.
Purchasing Terms• Inventory – The total amount of goods a business has in
stock on the sales floor or in the stockroom.• Purchasing Policy – Policy specifying when & the amount to
purchase of a product.• Just-In-Time Inventory – A computerized system that links
stores to suppliers so that new inventory can be purchased automatically as sales are made and stock falls below a specified level.
• Reorder Point – The point at which merchandise is purchased to replenish stock levels.
• Shrinkage – The money a business loses due to broken, damaged, expired, or stolen inventory.
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