ordering supplies
Restocking through purchase
Ordering supplies is the routine act of requesting materials or goods needed for ongoing operations—office supplies, medical equipment, restaurant ingredients.
The phrase emphasizes the procedural nature of procurement: She handles ordering supplies for the department.
It implies restocking rather than one-time purchasing.
- requisitionFormal order for supplies
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- running lowNearing exhaustion of supply
- restockReplenish depleted inventory
- procurementObtaining goods externally
approved vendor · vendor · cost center · shipment · catalog · bulk · warehouse · invoice · paper trail · delivery · next day delivery · backorder · spreadsheet · budget · quota · paperclip · toner · stockroom
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