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procurement

The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases.

procurement [prə′kyu̇r·mənt]

(ordnance)

The complete action or process of acquiring or obtaining personnel, materiel, services, or property from outside a military service by means authorized in pertinent directives.

More specifically, the action or process of acquiring or obtaining materiel, property, or services at the operational level, for example, purchasing, contracting, and negotiating directly with the source of supply.

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No references found			The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO), the national non-profit organization representing all federally-designated organ procurement organizations, considers this alleged action reprehensible. AOPO calls alleged NJ organ trafficking scheme "reprehensible" by Conrad, Suzanne; Wilson, Bruce / Transplant News Legislation has been passed to support organ donation--the current organ procurement system in the United States is governed by the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act of 1968 and the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984--but a shortage of donated organs remains. Organ transplantation: is the best approach a legalized market or ... by Clemmons, Allison / Journal of Healthcare Management Aa In the US, for instance, donor organs are matched to waiting recipients by a national computer registry, called the National Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). Editorial: I want my kidney back please by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)			Orest Danilovich Khvolson Orest Fedorovich Miller Orest Georgievich Vereiskii Orest Govorukhin Orest Khvolson Orest Kiprenskii Orest Makarovich Govorukhin Orest Miller Orest Vereiskii Orestes Orestia Oresund Øresund ORF Orfelin, Zaharija Orff Orff, Carl Orford, Robert Walpole, 1st earl of org Organ Organ Genus organ loft organ of Corti organ of Leydig Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument organ procurement organ screen organ transplant organdie organdy Organelle organic organic acid Organic Architecture organic bonded wheel organic brain syndrome organic chelates Organic Chemistry organic clay organic coating Organic Composition of Capital organic compound organic conductor organic electrolyte cell organic evolution organic farming Organic Fertilizers organic food Organic Geochemistry Organic Glass organic lattice			organ of Jacobson organ of Leydig organ of mastication organ of mastication organ of mastication Organ of Rosenmüller Organ of Rosenmüller Organ of Rosenmüller organ of sight organ of sight organ of sight organ of sight organ of smell organ of smell organ of smell organ of speech Organ of Zuckerkandl organ panel Organ pedals organ pipe Organ Pipe Cactus Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument Organ pipe coral Organ Pipe National Monument Organ pipes Organ Placement Specialist organ point organ point Organ printing organ procurement Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Organ Procurement Organization Organ Pump Committee of Oberlin Organ recital Organ rejection Organ Retrieval Banking Organisation organ screen organ screen organ shortage Organ Shortages Organ Shortages Organ Society of Queensland organ specificity organ stop organ stops Organ swell organ system management Organ Thief Organ Tolerance Dose organ transplant organ transplant organ transplant organ transplant Organ Transplant Center Organ Transplant Fund Organ transplantation Organ transplantation Organ transplantation Organ transplantation Organ transplants

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procurement (redirected from organ procurement)

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