To ensure that purchases result in the highest possible quality items
To take advantage of special pricing opportunites (i.e. vendor special promotions, used textbooks, etc.)
To recover partial monetary value for items no longer required by the district (i.e. warehouse sale, sale of obsolete text books, etc.)
To edit requisitions submitted by schools/departments
To maintain the Fixed Asset Inventory Control Program (i.e. appropriate items are included on inventory, send out school/department inventories annually for updating)