The phrase "a purchasing system" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a system or process designed for buying goods or services, often in a business context.
Example: "The company implemented a purchasing system to streamline its procurement process and reduce costs."
Alternatives: "an acquisition system" or "a buying system".
It tried several times from the late 1970s to the early '90s to set up a group purchasing system, Dr. Min writes, but the companies that control the market mostly defeated such efforts.
A pit-bull of a man, even his fans term him "Mr Angry".With drive and self-belief, he has overseen a new purchasing system that has shifted much of the risk on to the consortia BT in London, Accenture in the North East and the Eastern region, CSC in the North West and West Midlands, and Fujitsu in the South.
He said that making a finger unlocking and purchasing system "sounds like a simple idea, but how many places could that become a bad idea because you failed to execute on it?
Primary care organisations are only allowed to stock and provide drugs listed in the essential medicines list; these drugs can only be purchased through a regional centralized tendering and purchasing system at an agreed price; patients (and insurers) are charged with exactly the same purchasing price for their prescribed drugs.
This week a company called iPIN will introduce a new web-based purchasing system it hopes will supplant unsuccessful bids from companies pushing electronic wallets or electronic cash.
Lodsys first wrote to a number of app developers around 13 May suggesting that they owed it payments for using its patent - which covers the in-app purchasing system, a facility offered through Apple's iOS software.
We express both measures as percentages in comparison to results from the same simulation model when configured to run a purely on-demand purchasing system.
The app also uses a "credits" purchase system for songs, and there is a complex set of options, from unlocking a song for $2 to a monthly subscription costing $9.99.
Through a guaranteed purchase system similar to the one it uses with the small farmers, PepsiCo enticed big agribusinesses to invest in the development of potato varieties better suited to Mexico's tropical climate and also mitigated its impact on potato prices, which swung wildly because its demand was so large.
In the first instance, SMEs should check whether customers operate a purchase order system and, if they do, obtain the necessary purchase orders, says Robert Holland, a partner at law firm James Cowper.
