調達
解説 Definition
商品や物資、サービスを組織が必要とする時期に購入・調達するプロセス。複数のベンダーから最適な価格で入手することを含みます。
Procurement is the process of getting or buying something, especially goods or services for a company, organization, or government. It is often used in business and official contexts. The word usually refers to a planned and formal process, not a simple purchase.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず simpler な purchase「買う」と比べると覚えやすいです。purchase が単発の購入なら、procurement は会社や役所が必要な物・サービスを選定し、仕入れ先を比較し、契約まで進める“調達プロセス全体”を指す堅めの語。-ment は payment, agreement と同じく「行為・仕組み」を表すので、procure の名詞形だと押さえると定着します。procurement department, public procurement, procurement process の形でまとめて覚えると実戦的です。
Think of `procure` as a formal business word, then `-ment` turns it into the process or system, like in `payment` or `agreement`. `Procurement` sounds bigger than a simple `purchase`: it is about getting what is needed through a formal process. It is often learned in chunks like `procurement process` or `procurement department`.
例文
The procurement department handles all supplier contracts.
調達部門はすべてのサプライヤー契約を処理します。
Efficient procurement can reduce operational costs.
効率的な調達は運用コストを削減できます。
We need better procurement procedures for supplies.
用品の調達手続きを改善する必要があります。
procurement の類義語・関連語
procurement の語源・成り立ち Etymology
procurement は procure「手に入れる、取り計らう」+ -ment「行為・結果」。procure は古フランス語を経てラテン語 procurare にさかのぼり、pro-「前へ・代わって」+ curare「世話する」から成るため、「必要な物を世話して整えること」→調達となる。関連語は cure, curator。
Procurement comes from procure + the suffix -ment, which forms nouns of action or result. Procure came through Old French from Latin procurare, from pro- "forward" or "on behalf of" and curare "to take care of." The original idea was arranging or taking care of something needed, which developed into the modern sense of obtaining supplies or services; related words include cure and curator.
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