Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781305809789
Author: MONCZKA
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 9, Problem 1DQ
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To discuss: The reasons due to which most of the firms are not having adequate supplier measurement system.

Introduction: Supply management is the process of managing the suppliers and raw materials or resources that are essential for the organization’s operations.

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Supplier measurement system:

Supplier measurement system helps to measure the performance of the supplier on a regular basis by evaluation and analysis.

The following are the reasons due to which most of the firms are not having adequate supplier measurement system:

Supplier measurement system would be difficult for the firm, as the firm needs to include every required criterion to evaluate a single supplier.

It would increase the overall operation time of the firm.

As the firm need to include all the criterion to evaluate a single supplier, it would be time consuming and costlier.

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