The Central Purchasing stores at the Fr Ray Foundation may not occur immediately as the stuff from which dreams are woven, and maybe it is not exactly that. But it is a story of huge achievement driven by a very dedicated son of Fr Ray, Luksamapa Monyarid, known to his friends as Luke, but baptised as Raymond.
CP was the vision of Brother Denis Gervais, who has been with the Foundation since it was Fr Ray, not a Foundation. Bro Denis was very senior in IBM and knows a great deal about business and about computing. After years of negotiation he was able to establish Central Purchasing in 2002, with Luke in the manager's chair.
Since that time, CP has grown to encompass all the purchasing, estates maintenance, vehicle fleet management and other practical aspects of the Foundation's work. One of the most complex tasks is receiving and compiling the requirements of each of the projects for food - the Foundation feeds more than 1,000 people three meals each day, so quantities are enormous. The different requirements have to be complied into a single list, put out to quote or quotes, quotes accepted, orders placed, goods delivered, receipted and validated so that when a cheque is issued in payment, the Foundation is confident that it is paying for goods that were required, properly costed and ordered, and genuinely delivered.
CP also manages the Foundation's farm, delivering fresh fruit and vegetable to the projects daily.
No system is completely proof against abuse, but this one is pretty robust, well tried and efficient. It is estimated that CP saves the Fr Ray Foundation 30,000,000 Thai baht each year (about £600,000) at a total cost of about 3,000,000 baht (£60,000). Amazing value for money, and a great achievement by Bro Denis, Luke and the CP Team
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