Purchasing Effectiveness

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A review, against 'best practice', of the purchasing effectiveness of companies in the UK. This survey has been sponsored by the Flying Monk Group, a specialist purchasing and supply chain consultancy.

Please complete as many sections as possible.

All participants will recieve a free copy of the survey report as a thank you for taking part.

Company Details
Name:			Email:
County:
Company Name:			Industry:
Turnover:			No of Employees:
Your Purchasing Organisation
Q1-1: Do you have a dedicated purchasing function? Yes: No:
Q1-2: If 'no', which function is responsible for Purchasing?
Q1-3: How many employees are actively involved in Purchasing?
Q1-4: What proportion of your employees are professionally qualified, eg CIPS?
Q1-5: Do you provide training in purchasing to your employees? Yes: No:
Q1-6: If 'yes', how many hours/person/year?
Your Purchasing Spend
Q2-1: What is your total purchasing spend?
Q2-2: What proportion of your total operating expenses are accounted for by purchase spend?
Q2-3: What is the spend by category?			Q2-4: How much is controlled/managed by Purchasing?
- Capital Goods
- Direct Goods
- Indirect Goods
- Services
How You Manage Your Purchase Spend
Q3-1: Do you have strategic objectives for Purchasing? Yes: No:
Q3-2: Are these objectives aligned with your overall corporate strategy? Yes: No: N/A:
Q3-3: Do you group your spend into manageable commodity groups?			Q3-4: Do you have assigned 'owners' for each commodity group?		Q3-5: Do you set specific targets for each commodity group?
- Capital Goods	Yes: No:		Yes: No: N/A:		Yes: No: N/A:
- Direct Goods	Yes: No:		Yes: No: N/A:		Yes: No: N/A:
- Indirect Goods	Yes: No:		Yes: No: N/A:		Yes: No: N/A:
- Services	Yes: No:		Yes: No: N/A:		Yes: No: N/A:
How You Purchase
Q4-1: Do you work with other departments to determine purchase requirements? Yes: No:
Q4-2: Do purchasers have to seek central authority prior to making a purchase? Yes: No: Some:
Q4-3: Do you have a manual paper based purchasing process? Yes: No: Some:
Q4-4: What proportion of your spend is made via......
	...e-Auctions	...Strategic Alliances		...e-Commerce	...Procurement Cards
- Capital Goods
- Direct Goods
- Indirect Goods
- Services
Your Suppliers & Your Relationship With Them
Q5-1: Are you looking to rationalise your supplier base in the next 12 months? Yes: No:
Q5-2: How many suppliers do you have?			Q5-3: What proportion account for 80% of spend by category?		Q5-4: Do you maintain up to date Market & Supplier intelligence?
- Capital Goods					Yes: No:
- Direct Goods					Yes: No:
- Indirect Goods					Yes: No:
- Services					Yes: No:
Q5-5: What proportion of your supplier base has changed in the last......
	...12 months		...1-2 years	...2-5 years	...over 5 years
- Capital Goods
- Direct Goods
- Indirect Goods
- Services
Q5-6: Do you work with your suppliers to identify cost saving opportunities when purchasing? Yes: No:
Q5-7: Are your suppliers proactive in identifying cost saving opportunities? Yes: No:
Your Achievements & Aims
Q6-1: Do you intend to focus upon purchasing in the next 12 months? Yes: No:
Q6-2: What level of savings attrributable to purchasing have you achieved in the last 12 months?			Q6-3: What level of savings are you targeting from purchasing in the next 12 months?		Q6-4: Do you have clear action plans in place to achieve these targetted savings?
- Capital Goods					Yes: No:
- Direct Goods					Yes: No:
- Indirect Goods					Yes: No:
- Services					Yes: No:
Thank you for participating.

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