Ingeniero

Best practices

1. The company has a purchasing executive in the C-suite.
Yes No Not applicable

2. The company finds and chooses goods to buy based on a strategic sourcing principles.
Yes No Not applicable

3. The company takes steps to ensure that the purchasing and accounts payable functions operate independently of one another.
Yes No Not applicable

4. The company collectsand shares real-time data not just within the purchasing, but throughout the enterprise.
Yes No Not applicable

1. The company prevents the concerns of other functions from exerting influence over purchasing policy.
Yes No Not applicable

2. The company prevents staff in departments outside purchasing from making their own purchases.
Yes No Not applicable

3. The company sets thelevel of spending not requiring approval as high as possible within defined risk limits.
Yes No Not applicable

4. The company enforces centralized purchasing regardless of the type of product sourced.
Yes No Not applicable

5. The company periodically evaluates options for outsourcing purchasing activities.
Yes No Not applicable

1. The company places a high priority onenvironmental responsibility in the products it purchases.
Yes No Not applicable

2. The company trains purchasing staff in choosing environmentally responsible products.
Yes No Not applicable

3. The company takes suppliers at their word when evaluating environmental responsibility.
Yes No Not applicable

4. The company ensures that suppliers meet the company's green criteria of their ownaccord as a matter of policy.
Yes No Not applicable

5. The company seeks ideas from suppliers on ways to improve green initiatives.
Yes No Not applicable

1. The company shares transparent purchasing data not only with suppliers, but even with customers.
Yes No Not applicable

2. The company uses electronic data interchange (EDI) as its exclusive or prescribed medium for conductingtransactions with suppliers.
Yes No Not applicable

3. The company drastically reduces its use of paper by enabling electronic ordering.
Yes No Not applicable

4. The company actively seeks out and eliminates redundant activities.
Yes No Not applicable

5. The company provides end users with online tools to manage their purchasing.
Yes No Not applicable

1. The companyfacilitates close collaboration between purchasing professionals and design engineers.
Yes No Not applicable

2. The company empowers purchasing professionals to evaluate and identify emerging sources.
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3. The company encourages purchasing professionals to focus on satisfying customers.
Yes No Not applicable

4. The company nurtures and exploits purchasingprofessionals' knowledge development in order to use it for competitive advantage.
Yes No Not applicable

5. The company ensures that purchasing staff scrutinize all transactions for error or fraud.
Yes No Not applicable

1. The company periodically conducts a rigorous diagnostic of its purchasing operations.
Yes No Not applicable

2. The company customizes category code sets to meet eachbusiness unit's unique requirements.
Yes No Not applicable

3. The company deploys cross-functional procurement teams specialized by category.
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4. The company analyzes its spending by category as well as by supplier.
Yes No Not applicable

5. The company deploys technology at a high level to perform spend analysis.
Yes No Not applicable

6. The companybases cost decisions on a snapshot of current spending.
Yes No Not applicable

1. Before doing business with a supplier, the company evaluates the suppliers' business reputation and company culture.
Yes No Not applicable

2. The company requires independent audits of its suppliers' business health.
Yes No Not applicable

3. The company performs background checks on all applicants for...