28th January 2025 | 9 Comments

Supplier management of agents and brokers

Supplier approval of agents and brokers This topic has been one of conflict over the years. When businesses purchase materials from agents or brokers, they need to be able to approve the material – which means, that they need to gather the information required to do so. However, agents and brokers, sometimes, don’t want to [...]
11th December 2024 | 18 Comments

Are supplier assessment questionnaires getting out of control?

Are you getting frustrated by the length and complexity of the supplier questionnaires that you’re being asked to complete? One of our readers got in touch with us this week, after receiving another questionnaire that was 40 plus pages which contained questions, such as: Are monkeys used for harvesting coconuts? Have any of your animals [...]
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21st December 2022 | Leave a Comment

Managing operational suppliers

This articel looks at how service and operational suppliers must be risk assessed, approved and monitored for compliance.

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14th December 2022 | Leave a Comment

Managing approved material suppliers

This article looks at how the performance of approved suppliers must be monitored.

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7th December 2022 | 1 Comment

Assessing material suppliers

Once the risks involved with the supply of materials are known, the assessment of the supplier can take place.

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30th November 2022 | Leave a Comment

Managing material supplier risks

This article provides an overview of supplier risk assessment which is an important aspect of the management of materials and suppliers.

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23rd November 2022 | Leave a Comment

Managing the supplier system

How to manage an effective supplier management system and what needs to be in your procedure.

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16th November 2022 | Leave a Comment

Understanding supplier management

An introduction to the topic of supplier management, which includes material, service and operation suppliers.