ANALYSIS OF KEY FACTORS FOR THE DESIGN OF A PROTOTYPE OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF PURCHASE ORDERS

Abstract

Without a doubt, the management of the organizational processes of any company must maintain an adequate relationship with each of the departments that make it up. The sales department would not have an optimal function with customers if it does not maintain an adequate relationship with inventory management to have merchandise for sales, but at the same time the existence of merchandise in warehouse depends on adequate purchasing management to guarantee its supply. The objective of the development of this work is to present the analysis of the main factors that are considered for the management of purchase orders in a commercial company. With the analysis of pertinent data related to purchasing management, product attributes, as well as the costs provided by suppliers and the establishment of minimum and maximum stock levels, the aim is to design a prototype of an information system. that complements the company's current ERP system, in order to serve as support to improve decision making in the management of purchase orders.