Dictionary of Procurement Terms

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  • Cash Transfers

    Income transfers that entail direct cash payments to recipients, e.g., Social Security payments, welfare, unemployment benefits. (Schiller, 2000)

  • Cataloguing

    CANADA The various work processes that have to be performed in identifying, classifying, describing, and stock numbering an item of supply.

  • Cause and Effect Diagrams

    Also known as fishbone diagrams, they are quality control tools which show the possible cause of a problem. It is an aid to brainstorming and hypothesis generation. (Business, 2002)

  • Caveat Emptor

    Latin term which translates to “Let the buyer beware.” It implies that the purchaser/buyer is responsible for the quality assurance of a product or service.

  • Caveat Venditor

    Latin term which translates to “Let the seller beware.” It implies that the seller bears responsibility for product defects and inferior quality issues and must satisfy these concerns to the buyer’s satisfaction.

  • CBD

    See Commerce Business Daily.

  • CCPPP


    See Also: Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP)

  • Census Bureau

    A federal agency of the U.S. Commerce Department that provides access to census figures that can be helpful for supply management strategic planning. It lists a host of demographic data including median household income, education, and population statistics.

  • Central Accounting System

    CANADIAN Part of the Canadian Government accounting system which collects, authenticates, validates, records, and reports all financial transactions of the Canadian Government.

  • Centralized Purchasing

    An organizational structure where the rights, powers, duties, and authority relating to procurement are vested in the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO). While the CPO may delegate some of these powers to others, the final authority resides with the CPO.

    See Also: Decentralized Purchasing

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