Strategic Sourcing Europe

Next to my previous post, I couldn’t miss to provide you with a compeling – although blank -and well structured template supporting the execution and the reporting of a Purchasing Assessment Assignment. A cool tool, very useful as well for benchmarking  with best-in-class practices.
You can download this 52 page document here: sourcing-assessment.pdf
You’ll discover how to:

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Following is an indicative framework of 130 useful questions when assessing or benchmarking Purchasing processes and organisation performance. When on a consulting assignment, I used to design the “current state analysis” stage by ensuring I’ll get answers to most of those questions.
1. What is your main means of purchasing office supplies?
2. What application do you currently utilize [...]