CONCEPTUAL CONCEPT OF PURCHASING ACTIVITY

Abstract

The points of view of scientists and specialists in the field of economics and philology on the delimitation of such terms and concepts as «purchase», «supply», «logistics», «purchasing activities», and legislative acts in the field of procurement are explored. A comparative analysis of the essence of these terms is carried out and the author's vision of their content is substantiated. As a result of the study, the concept of «purchasing activity» was correlated with modern trends in economic development, norms of legislative acts in the field of procurement, it was specified and clarified, which contributed to the dichotomy of the concepts of «supply» and «purchasing», «supply activity» and «purchasing activity». It is proposed to distinguish the concept of «purchasing activity», which describes certain actions aimed at purchasing goods, works, services, from the result of these actions - a specific purchase, thus defining procurement as a component of the business process «Purchasing Activity».