Akan Industrial and Automation provides procurement management services for industrial projects – contracting, purchasing, expediting, inspection coordination and logistics – to minimize cost, shorten lead times and reduce supply-chain risk. Procurement specialists work with Akan’s project managers and multi-discipline design team or with the client’s third parties. Services are delivered from Istanbul for projects in Türkiye and abroad.
Why involve procurement early?
The earlier materials are procured, the better the project outcome. Akan brings its procurement team into the planning phase, studies every part of the supply chain and its constraints, and builds a value-driven procurement plan before orders are placed.
Areas of expertise
- Project procurement management
- Contract and purchasing planning
- Strategic sourcing
- Purchasing
- Materials management
- Transportation and logistics
- Vendor quality surveillance
- Third-party inspections
Services
- Pre-qualification and selection of bidders
- Specification of equipment and materials
- Bid analysis and evaluation
- Clarification of and response to vendor questions
- Expediting and tracking
- Coordination of inspections
- Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC)
- Cost reporting
- Approval of vendor invoices
- Materials management
- Transportation and logistics
- Verification of material and equipment receipt
Related services
Procurement is often combined with engineering and design and instrumentation and controls, or with the supply of metering skids and online analyzer systems.
Frequently asked questions
When should procurement start on a project?
As early as possible. Involving procurement in the planning phase helps minimize cost, lead times and supply-chain risk.
What procurement services does Akan provide?
Bidder pre-qualification, bid analysis and evaluation, purchasing, expediting and tracking, inspection coordination, QA/QC, cost reporting, materials management, transportation and logistics, and receipt verification.
Does Akan coordinate third-party inspections?
Yes. Third-party inspections and vendor quality surveillance are part of Akan's procurement expertise.
