All purchases of companies are divided into Direct (Commodity or Production) and Indirect. For most companies, the organization of Indirect Procurement is a non-core task, but such costs exist for all and account for 15-30% of total spend. Such purchases are often carried out by regular employees. As a result:
- the price is at least 10-15% higher, since the task of saving is not a priority and the employees are not qualified as buyers (see article);
- resources are diverted to non-core tasks;
- a large volume of purchases is made on a prepaid basis or in cash;
- here is an uncontrolled increase in the number of suppliers, and they are often duplicated;
- the volume of administration of suppliers, contracts and closing documents increases;
- there are internal restrictions on working with profitable suppliers;
- abuse is inevitable.