Administration Manual - B.E.S.T. Undertaking.

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The Materials Management Department is also required to initiate bills, arrange
payments etc. to suppliers on receipt of advice from the concerned Purchase Control
Units.
The materials being received from out-stationed firms, foreign
countries are required to be cleared from Octroi/Customs authorities,
Transporter’s Godown, Docks/Air Port by making necessary payments as per
the terms of contract, wherever necessary. Arrangements also are required to be
made for transporting materials from the Undertaking’s Godowns to work sites,
etc.
1.3.3 Auction and Sale of material
Further, the materials, which get obsolete during the course of time, non-
moving items, materials credited as scrap, wooden planks of the packing boxes
received from suppliers, Cable Pieces of non standard sizes, various items/materials
found in buses, etc, are required to be disposed of through auction.
Considering the above-diversified activities carried out by the
department, the department is functionally organized as under:
A) MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
DEPT. – TRANSPORT WING
This wing looks after purchases and storage of Transportation Engineering Dept.
and is located at Dadar.
B) MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
DEPT. – GENERAL WING
This wing looks after purchases and storage of the materials of general nature and is
located at Dadar.
The Transport Wing and General Wing is headed by Dy. Chief Materials Manager (Dy.CMM).
C) MATERIALS MANAGEMENT DEPT. – SUPPLY & BLDG.