Download or read book The Bureau of Supplies of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, New York City (Classic Reprint) written by Elihu Cunyngham Church and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Bureau of Supplies of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, New York City The work of the Bureau of Supplies and its relation to the rest of the organization. When first formed, the Supply Bureau of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity was really a mere purchasing division doing a sort of commission house business, with no voice concerning the maintenance of stock, the quantity or quality of supplies bought, their inspection, storage, issue or accounting. Realizing that this was wrong because it violated many fundamental rules of business management, an endeavor has been made to formulate the basic principles involved! And then proceed accordingly. It is particularly necessary to consider these matters now that there is so much loose talk in favor of a central purchasing agency for the entire city. First, it is essential to fix and determine the scope and duties of the Supply Bureau and its relation to the rest of the Department, that friction and con icts of authority be prevented and that the work of the Department as a whole be done in an orderly and proper manner by those best capable Of handling it. For instance, it should be settled where the functions of the Bureau using the supplies should best end and those of the Bureau doing the purchasing begin. To carry the inquiry further - who under varying condi tions should originate requisitions for supplies and who should be permitted to amend or veto such requisitions? Previously, the other tbureaus using supplies arbitrarily fixed their own stock limits, Specified what they wanted, and then when the goods were delivered to them direct by the dealer who got the order, they often inspected them and assumed control over them till used. It is assumed that the Department has or should have a definite program regarding all new work, improvements, standards of maintenance, and stand ards of operation, which will absolutely govern all its actions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."