12 May 2017
Use the financial viability Excel template to monitor suppliers facing severe financial difficulties. These are vendors identified as part of a risk assessment. Typically for a company going into or out of bankruptcy.
This is week six of ten free procurement templates in ten weeks. Check out other blog posts for free procurement templates from weeks one through five.
Week 1: sourcing strategy
Week 2: request for quotation
Week 3: supplier cost improvement
Week 4: flexible supplier scorecard
Week 5: supplier risk assessment
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05 May 2017
This is week five of ten procurement templates in ten weeks. Be sure to check blog posts for free procurement templates from weeks one through four.
Week 1: sourcing strategy
Week 2: request for quotation
Week 3: supplier cost improvement
Week 4: flexible supplier scorecard
The purpose of the risk assessment template is to identify areas of high supply risk. The Excel template can be used on a category or product level. Use this Excel template to maintain or improve purchasing power.
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28 Apr 2017
This is week four of ten new procurement templates in ten weeks. If you are new to this blog, be sure to check out the procurement templates from weeks one, two and three:
Week 1: sourcing strategy
Week 2: request for quotation
Week 3: supplier cost improvement
The flexible scorecard template will work with most buying categories. Buyers can customize the scorecard to address unique requirements of the buying category. For example, this Excel template could scorecard both goods and services suppliers. Use this template to develop key suppliers to drive purchasing power for your organization.
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21 Apr 2017
This is week three of ten new procurement templates in ten weeks. If you are new to this blog, be sure to check out these templates:
Week 1: sourcing strategy
Week 2: request for quotation
If you are looking for a way to increase the pipeline of cost reduction projects - a fantastic resource is to go to your key suppliers for ideas. New and existing suppliers are typically willing to share ideas. This is a great way to increase collaboration with suppliers in a positive / sharing way.
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14 Apr 2017
Procurement Uses The RFQ Template for Major Bid Events
This is week two of ten procurement templates in ten weeks. To see week one - go to the sourcing strategy template blog post.
The request for quotation template is one of my favorites for a buying category bid. Use this template for a major bid event - typically for a multi-year agreement.
The bid is organized into 5 sections:
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