Agreed - we had a purchasing department that worked in the area of buying, licensing, etc. for the Enterprise (IT, Business Apps, office supplies, etc.). Also had legal who would review and revise contract terms. Our org was around 10000 people at the time.
The purchasing people would reach out to a local manager of the team who worked with a specific product or tool (eg Intel server engineering for Microsoft server stuff) to ask questions or clarify things, and the local manager would see the invoices to make sure they were accurate. That wasn't full time for the local manager though. ________________________________ From: Brian Desmond <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 12:31:29 PM Subject: RE: Purchasing and license tracking Most places I’ve worked have some sort of IT Business Manager type position that manages all this. They’re responsible for getting the correct information to purchasing for cutting POs, executing contracts, etc. Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 From:David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Purchasing and license tracking How do your guys’ companies handles purchasing, license and warranty tracking? Do you have dedicated purchasing employees/departments? We have pain points in all these areas and while there are companies out there that can help get license maintenance under control, the question at %dayjob% is what job function (read: which employee) typically handles this interaction? We’re at about 400 employees (and adding about 50/yr and have been at that rate for a couple years now and look to continue this trend). At %formerdayjob% (1600 employees) we had a purchasing dept and at least one IS FTE dedicated to handling all hardware/software purchases, license tracking, warranty tracking, etc. As I remember this person was more of an administrative type and not a technical person per se. That’s typical right? David Lum// SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 503.548.5229// (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
