The bulk acquisition project covers the various processes that allow the collective to acquire essential resources at relatively large scales through wholesale outlets. This allows it to reduce the amount of resources lost through acquiring goods and materials at consumer prices.
The need to operate effectively at a community scale, rather than just individually.
Establish a network and framework for effectively and consistently ordering large amounts of supplies at wholesale prices to supply recomposers, supporters, and our networks of community partners
- Logistics Team Members
- Coordinators
- Wholesaler Identification
- Order Preparation
- Inventory Management
- Staple foods
- Produce
- Protein Sources
- Spices
- Feedstock
- Materials
- Tools
- Precursor chemicals
- Establish initial goals for the project
- Find at least 2 seperate examples of inspirations for community level purchasing elsewhere if possible
- Create an initial framework for coordinating and organizing orders across mutliple participating organizations
- Map all local wholesalers of relevant goods
- Establish a series of initial "test orders" of immediately needed materials before arranging a schedule of regular reoccuring orders