Will AI replace Procurement Clerks?

−Already happening(4)

• Track the status of requisitions, contracts, and orders.
• Prepare, maintain, and review purchasing files, reports and price lists.
• Respond to customer and supplier inquiries about order status, changes, or cancellations.
• Locate suppliers, using sources such as catalogs and the internet, and interview them to gather information about products to be ordered.

~Within reach(9)

• Prepare purchase orders and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.
• Calculate costs of orders, and charge or forward invoices to appropriate accounts.
• Approve and pay bills.
• Compare prices, specifications, and delivery dates to determine the best bid among potential suppliers.
• Monitor in-house inventory movement and complete inventory transfer forms for bookkeeping purposes.

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+Out of reach(6)

• Perform buying duties when necessary.
• Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials when necessary.
• Contact suppliers to schedule or expedite deliveries and to resolve shortages, missed or late deliveries, and other problems.
• Check shipments when they arrive to ensure that orders have been filled correctly and that goods meet specifications.
• Compare suppliers' bills with bids and purchase orders to verify accuracy.

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