A Requisition is a request sent to the purchasing department to procure goods or services. It is originated and approved by the department requiring the goods or services. Typically, it contains a description and quantity of the goods or services to be purchased, preferred make, a required delivery date, The names of suggested supply sources may also be included within notes to the Requisition.
A Requisition is owned by the originating department and should not be changed by the purchasing department without obtaining approval from the originating department.
A Requisition is NOT a purchase order and therefore should never be used to purchase goods or services or be used as an authorization to pay an invoice from a supplier or service provider
In TMMS, the overall process is initiated by a user with access creating a Requisition for an Item or a Service. The system workflow then allows the requisition to be:
- Submitted;
- Approved by the Departmental Budget Owner;
- Catalogued (Verified) by the Warehouse Manager;
- Reviewed, Allocated to a Buyer and Approved by the Supply Chain Manager;
The Approved Requisition then forms the basis for all of the processes in the Requisitioning lifecycle,
- the Quotation Process and the Purchase Order Process