Supplier classification

What does your organization expect from a supplier?

Do they comply with quality? Do they deliver on time? These are topics relevant for all kinds of suppliers.

What about their price? These are topics relevant if your organization competes on price.

Are they flexible enough? Do they allow small quantities and variety? These are topics relevant if your organization expects service.

Do they deliver innovation or design? Are they fast with novelties? These are topics relevant if your organization expects premium offers.

You can use an evaluation based on the opinion of those that contact with suppliers, or another based on more objective criteria like number of occurrences per number of orders.

You can get much more information in the following links:

• ISO 9001 document template: Procedure for Purchasing and Evaluation of Suppliers - https://advisera.com/9001academy/documentation/procedure-purchasing-evaluation-suppliers/