Purchasing Maturity – Where do we want to be?




Transformation from individual to team responsibilities
Purchasing relationship with Engineering / Ops / QC / FN Marketing / Material Control
Roles & Responsibilities to be clear for:
- Determination of purchasing policy
- Material requirements review
- Long Range purchasing planning
- Specification Development
- Make-or-Buy analysis
- Materials standardization
- Determination of Inventory Levels (VMI?)
- Quality Requirements determination
- Negotiation on Price & Terms
- Supplier Selection
- Joint problem solving with suppliers
- Communication of specification changes
- Supplier monitoring & Analysis
- Productivity/Cost improvements
- Development of Sourcing Strategy
- Market Analysis
- Price forecasting
- Value Analysis
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