Purchasing

The key goals of Comstock Canada's purchasing/expediting system are the provision of the right materials, to the right location, at the right time, for the right price. The purchasing and expediting system has the capabilities to achieve these goals and is tied directly to the project schedule. The system has the capabilities to monitor deliverables from estimate through to the payables stage of the purchase order cycle.

Purchasing/expediting is a part of the project management team throughout the project from kick-off to completion to ensure the clients specification, delivery schedule and any other project requirements are met. Once the project is underway the groups continued interaction, aided by computer-generated reports, ensure the project commitments are carried out.

We maintain a central procurement department as a means of providing consistent treatment in the evaluation of suppliers with regards to pricing, product quality and order fulfillment achievement.

• National purchasing agreements are negotiated and continuously monitored in order to ensure that we receive the maximum benefit for high volume purchases.
• The ISO certification process by Comstock of our suppliers and their products is used to consistently attain the minimum required quality standards required by the end user. The very few non-conformance supplier issues we deal with on an annual basis provides a positive feedback as a measurement of success. There is no tabulated statistical support apart from our anecdotal experience.
• "Back order" status reports are used to evaluate commodity suppliers on a continual basis to maintain an "order fulfillment" status acceptable to our and our client's requirements.
• Internal audits are regularly performed at all non-central purchasing locations to ensure the consistent application of procedures in compliance with corporate policies.