Smaller companies often do not believe that they can do much about evaluating and managing supplier performance. The oft-repeated phrase is, “We can’t because we’re small.” However, I’ve found the reverse is true in many cases: We can because we’re small. Smaller firms have an ability to be agile and move quickly, unimpeded by [...]
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There’s a new article on the eSourcingwiki, Understanding and Improving Supplier Performance. The wiki paper is also available for download on this page. It’s a good overview of the benefits and process of supplier performance management. If you haven’t read my book yet, this article provides an overview of some of the key concepts in it. In general [...] Recently I was asked about how many suppliers are typically monitored and measured, on average, using a supplier performance management (SPM) system or solution and whether there is a best practice. I have never come across a best practice in terms of numbers of suppliers to measure. I know of one large company that was [...] Subscribers to the Value Chain Group site may now download Chapter 1 of Supplier Evaluation and Performance Excellence: A Guide to Meaningful Metrics and Successful Results. This download includes: Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements About the Author Chapter One — Introduction, including why the book was written and the business case for supplier performance [...] I’ve discussed previously how supplier performance metrics work best when they are aligned with and support overall corporate goals and strategies and reasons why they can fail. But the challenge remains of how to tell whether you’ve come up with a good metric. There are many ways to look at a metric to judge how [...] Last year I read with great interest about the results of the Supplier Relationship Management survey done by State of Flux, a procurement and supply chain consulting firm in the UK. The headlines about the results stated that companies were confusing supplier performance with supplier relationships. The 2009 survey found that companies were largely monitoring supplier performance and [...] At the end of the year, and especially at the end of a decade, many top ten lists are popping up. So I’m joining in this list-making with the top ten reasons why firms should implement supplier performance management (SPM). Find out how well suppliers are really performing Improve supplier performance such as quality, responsiveness, [...] Boeing recently announced that it was planning to replicate all 787 parts built in the Puget Sound area in a new facilities being built in North Charleston, South Carolina. According to a recent article in the Seattle Times, Boeing machinists are seeing this as the first step toward moving all parts out of Boeing’s Puget Sound [...] You’ve heard of supplier rationalization and “rightsizing” the supply base. What about too many KPIs on the supplier scorecard? I’ve mentioned the problem of measuring too many KPIs in previous posts. In 11 Reasons Why Supplier Scorecards Fail, I list measuring too many KPIs as a reason for failure. In Supplier Scorecard Metrics: Easy vs [...] In the past couple of months I wrote two guest posts on Spend Matters about an independent cycling trip that I went on in France. In the first post (An Uphill Battle with a Poor Supplier), I described how the tour company rented us supplier-provided bicycles that were in less than top condition, ill-fitted, missing air pumps and [...] |
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