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Performance measurement
and governance in
purchasing
Program
4.
Hierarchical position
purchasing
Performance indicators
Operational and
administrative activity
Commercial activity
Reporting to management
Purchasing is integrated
with other materials related
functions
Purchasing performance
Purchasing
effectiveness
Purchasing
Materials costs/
prices
Product / quality
Involvement of purchasing
in new Product development
Purchasing and Total Quality control
Adequate requisitioning
Purchasing logistics
Purchasing
efficiency
Purchasing
organization
Management
Procedures & policies
Information system
Price/cost control
Continuous monitoring and evaluation of prices and price increases as they
are announced by suppliers (e.g. ROI measures, materials budgets, price
inflation reports)
Price/cost reduction
Continuous monitoring and evaluation of activities initiated to reduce costs
in a structured way (e.g. searching new suppliers, value analysis, substitute
materials)
Supplier evaluation and vendor rating are techniques used to monitor and
improve supplier performance in terms of quality and delivery reliability.
Dimension
Measurement aimed at
C/I* Examples
Purchased
materials
prices and
costs
Product /
quality of
purchased
materials
Purchasing
logistics and
supply
Monitoring requisitioning
Delivery reliability (quality and
quantity)
I/C
Purchasing
staff and
organization
Purchasing budgets
Departmental budget
Purchasing savings
Savings on purchasing
Case Sarbanes-Oxley
Goal orientation
Client orientation
Part 1
Does the purchasing department communicate efficiently with its internal customers?
Is there adequate reaction to the requirements and wants of the internal customers?
Is the purchasing department sufficiently aware of new internal developments and changes in
the supplier market?
Risk
What are the major risks with regard to price behavior of high-value items and with regard to
availability of critical materials?
Is purchasing sufficiently aware of these risks and what measures have been taken in order to
cope with them?
In general, is continuity of supply and purchasing operations sufficiently guaranteed?
Part 2
Flexibility
Does purchasing adequately react to changing materials requirements and internal customer needs?
Is purchasing sufficiently interested in and pursuing new technology?
What important changes have taken place in the service and organization of the purchasing
department?
Management
Is teamwork within purchasing department sufficiently developed?
Is the purchasing department a well-respected partner for discussion of internal customer problems?
What measures have been taken in order to keep the quality of human resources up to date?
On time
>8
8-5
4-3
1,0
>4
0,9
0,6
0,2
0,0
Too
many/
few
0,5
35
35
120
130
1 x 100
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Total
35
35
120
110
1 x 100
Score
Quantity
Weight
factor
Score
factor
20
60
100
0
0
100
100
380
(actual score/maximum score) x
100%= 370/500 x 100%=
0,5 x (130120)
0,5 x (120110)
-5
-5
-10
74%
Conclusions