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Set up your Contracts for Active Management

Published in Supply Chain Management on 4/15/2015

Contracts are an often overlooked asset in an organisation. In fact they are frequently not even regarded as an asset. The proper setting out of contracts, management and storage of them is however a fundamental activity in business. Each contract represents the relationship with the respective supplier, so it’s value is the sum of the purchase value from that supplier plus all the value added through your own processes. In short, your contract portfolio would have roughly the same value as your balance sheet!

Evaluating new Suppliers

Published in Changing Suppliers on 3/21/2015

Understanding how to select a new supplier id very dear to our hearts at SuppliersOf.com. Our ultimate aim is to make this process as simple and straightforward as something so complex and fraught with unknowns can be.

Lean Supply Chains

Published in Tools for Supply Chains on 3/21/2015

Lean Methodology has been used in manufacturing for decades and in technology for year, but has only recently been applied to Supply Chain Management. We investigated tools available on the market and were inspired by what we found to write a series of articles illustrating the benefits and approaches.

Reduce the risk of SaaS lock-in

Published in Changing Suppliers on 3/20/2015

SaaS or Software as a Service is a modern trend for delivering the functionality of a software package as a service rather than as something that you install and operate yourself. But with such great functionality comes risk: what if you need to change your provider?

Standardize on Standards

Published in Changing Suppliers on 3/20/2015

Standards are an excellent data-point to add to your evaluation matrix when deciding on your shortlist of suppliers. They give a sense of confidence that the particular company has been held up to some form of evaluation and validation.