procuring business process
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/ProcuringBusinessProcess
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/core/Core/
SubClass Of: business process
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:occurrent › bfo:process › planned process › business process › procuring business process
Definition
business process that consists of buying and ensuring the supply of products or services
Semi-Formal Definition:
every instance of ‘procuring business process’ is defined as exactly an instance of ‘business process’ that has some ‘buying business process’ and ‘supplying business process’ as ‘occurent parts’
Explanatory Notes
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The procurement process considers the whole cycle from identification of needs through to the end of a services contract or the end of the life of goods, including disposal.
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Sourcing is a part of the procurement process that includes planning, defining specifications (3.26) and selecting suppliers. [Source: ISO 20400:2017]
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It should be noted that we consciously exclude the person-to-person transactions, but person-to-business is not excluded.
Examples
- AstraZeneca buying and being supplied with a bulk of raw materials from MiliPoreSigma; buying and being supplied with a shipment of office supplies
Adapted From
- ISO 6707-2:2017, 3.5.18
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Definition
ProcuringBusinessProcess(x) ↔ BusinessProcess(x) ∧ ∃b∃s(BuyingBusinessProcess(b) ∧ SupplyingBusinessProcess(s) ∧ hasOccurrentPart(x,b) ∧ hasOccurrentPart(x,s))
Description Logic
constr:ProcuringBusinessProcess ≡ constr:BusinessProcess ⊓ ∃ bfo:has_occurrent_part .constr:BuyingBusinessProcess ⊓ ∃ bfo:has_occurrent_part .(constr:SellingBusinessProcess ⊔ constr:SupplyingBusinessProcess)
EquivalentTo: constr:BusinessProcess and bfo:has_occurrent_part some constr:BuyingBusinessProcess and bfo:has_occurrent_part some (constr:SellingBusinessProcess or constr:SupplyingBusinessProcess)
SubClassOf: constr:BusinessProcess