Procurement scan

Ten questions about your current process. Your report appears on this page straight away. No email address needed to read it.

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  • An exposure score From 0 to 100, with the reason alongside it. No number without an explanation.
  • Your annual figure Computed on your own buyer count and hours, not on the sector average.
  • The weak points named At most four findings, each with the source we base it on.

Ten questions, about two minutes.

1How many people at your organisation compare suppliers?

Anyone who assembles quotes into a comparison, whether or not procurement is their job title.

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2Where does the comparison actually happen?

Not where the data is supposed to live. Where the comparing gets done.

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3How many hours a week does one buyer spend on comparison work?

Gathering quotes, checking certificates, building the comparison. Not negotiating, not deciding.

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4How long does one full supplier comparison take, start to signed off?

From the specification landing on the desk to a manager approving the choice.

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5When the choice is made, is there a documented rationale?

Something a colleague could read and follow without asking you.

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6Could you reconstruct why you picked a supplier two years ago?

Not who you picked. Why, on what criteria, against which alternatives.

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7What happens if your most experienced buyer leaves?

Twenty years of knowing which supplier actually delivers.

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8Which obligation reaches you first?

The one your organisation has to satisfy soonest.

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9Has your procurement documentation been tested in the past year?

Internal audit, external audit, or a supplier challenging an award.

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10Who decides on procurement tooling?

So we know who needs to be in the conversation.

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