Blog Save costs with decent supplier assessment
If your organization orders parts on a daily basis, it is wise to make a thorough assessment of your suppliers. What should you pay attention to when selecting the right supplier? Price and quality As with any purchase, you want good quality at a low price. Fortunately, price is a perfect factor for comparisons between suppliers. With quality, this is much more difficult, although with some experience you will be able to estimate this fairly well per supplier and per product (category). It can be interesting to develop an interface between your ERP system and the supplier's system to have, for example, a price and availability check, or to be able to request a quote and place orders. Delivery time and delivery reliability Sometimes...