Article 63 of the EFG Procurement and Property Administration Proclamation (PPAP) states that all acquisition of public property is for facilitating the delivery and maintenance approved programs as efficiently and effectively as possible.2 Article 65 sub article 4 of the PPAP also states that supplies not acquired for immediate consumption shall form part of supply inventories and the custodial responsibility be assigned for such inventories.
In facilitating the smooth running of approved programs, public bodies are sometimes forced to hold stocks for the following reasons.
There are range of activities in managing stocks ranging from identifying the need for a property to materials and supplies to receiving, to using and disposing. For clarity and brevity, it is important to identify the typical functions that fall under stock management and its relationship with other functions in the broader supply system.
The Stock management involves the following functions and activities:
In performing these functions, there exists relationship with Procurement and users departments/units.
Classification and coding are necessary for the following reasons..
In performing these functions, there exists relationship with Procurement and users departments/units.