All laboratories, need some kind of purchasing system in place to keep on top of their ordering. Maintaining an effective purchasing system can make a huge difference to the smooth running of your laboratory.

There are many ways of recording your purchasing, as DAMAS laboratories will know, recording what you order on one of the provided formats can make this process much simpler.

In order to keep track of what you have ordered, some form of purchase order record will be required.

A good purchase order form will allow you to easily record the following:

Opening the order:

– Which supplier you are ordering from

– What it is you are ordering

– When you have placed the order

– How you placed the order

After the order has been placed:

– Whether the order was received

– When the order was received

– Whether it was complete (or had things on back order for example)

– Whether items have been substituted for other items

– Whether any items need chasing up

When orders are received having a purchase order to make additional notes on is always very useful for traceability purposes, recording of lot and invoice numbers.

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