#Supplier Evaluation

[agaselectronicmaterials]

Whether you need chemicals for industrial or pharmaceutical use, it’s always a wise choice to purchase from a reliable chemical supplier. Well-known chemical suppliers ensure the respective standards are followed regarding the storage of chemicals so that no kind of harm happens at any given moment. As a buyer, it’s your responsibility to check certain things before purchasing chemical substances from a seller.

[collectivespend]

Enhance Your Procurement Performance with CollectiveSpend | Your Trusted Procurement Consultancy Partner

Introduction

          

In today’s competitive business landscape, effective procurement is key to driving organizational success. However, navigating the complexities of procurement can be challenging, requiring expertise, resources, and strategic planning. That’s where CollectiveSpend comes in.

As a leading procurement consultancy services provider in the Middle East, we specialize in helping businesses optimize their procurement processes, drive cost savings, and build strong supplier relationships. In this blog post, we will explore how CollectiveSpend can be your trusted partner in enhancing your procurement performance and achieving sustainable business growth.

Understanding the Importance of Procurement

Procurement plays a vital role in any organization, as it directly impacts cost control, supplier management, and overall operational efficiency. By ensuring the right products and services are obtained at the right time and cost, businesses can streamline their operations, reduce risks, and gain a competitive edge. However, achieving effective procurement requires in-depth knowledge of industry best practices, market insights, and access to the right tools and resources.

The Value of Procurement Consultancy & Services

Collaborating with procurement firm like CollectiveSpend can provide significant advantages for your organization. Our team of experienced procurement professionals brings a wealth of industry knowledge and expertise to the table. We work closely with you to understand your unique business needs, challenges, and goals, tailoring our approach to deliver optimal results. From procurement strategy development and supplier evaluation to contract management and performance measurement, our consultancy services cover the entire procurement lifecycle while ensuring that the entire process are in compliance with your company regulations and policies.

Optimizing Procurement Processes

At CollectiveSpend, we believe that efficient procurement processes are the foundation for success. We conduct a thorough analysis of your existing processes, identifying areas for improvement and implementing best practices to streamline operations. Our experts leverage technology and data analytics to enhance transparency, automate manual tasks, and provide real-time insights, enabling you to make informed decisions and drive efficiency throughout the procurement cycle.

Driving Cost Savings

Cost savings are a crucial objective of effective procurement. With CollectiveSpend, you gain access to a team of cost optimization specialists who analyze your spend data, identify savings opportunities, and negotiate favorable terms with suppliers. We implement robust cost management strategies, including strategic sourcing, supplier consolidation, and contract negotiation, helping you achieve significant savings without compromising on quality or service.

Building Strong Supplier Relationships

Successful procurement goes beyond cost savings. It’s about fostering long-term relationships with trusted suppliers who align with your organization’s goals and values. 

CollectiveSpend understands the importance of supplier management and provides guidance on supplier evaluation, performance measurement, and collaboration. We help you identify reliable partners, negotiate mutually beneficial contracts, and establish effective communication channels to ensure a strong supplier ecosystem that supports your business objectives.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation:

Procurement is an ever-evolving field, and staying ahead requires continuous improvement and embracing innovation. CollectiveSpend stays abreast of the latest industry trends, emerging technologies, and market dynamics. We provide insights on best practices and help you adopt innovative procurement strategies, such as e-procurement solutions, digital transformation, and sustainable sourcing. Our goal is to help you remain agile, competitive, and future-ready in an evolving business landscape.

Conclusion:

Effective procurement is a strategic advantage that drives business growth, reduces costs, and enhances operational efficiency. By partnering with CollectiveSpend, you gain access to a team of procurement experts who are dedicated to helping your organization achieve procurement excellence. Whether you need assistance in optimizing processes, driving cost savings, or building strong supplier relationships, we have the expertise, experience, and resources to support your journey.

Contact CollectiveSpend today and unlock the potential of strategic procurement for your business.

[smebusinessguid]

Mastering Vendor Relationships for Business Growth

In the realm of procurement, maintaining a steady and cost-effective supply of quality materials is paramount. To achieve this, businesses must cultivate a robust and dependable network of vendors. Relying on a single supplier, particularly for critical materials or services, is risky. Any disruption at the supplier's end could jeopardize business continuity. Therefore, companies typically engage multiple vendors, dividing orders strategically among them to mitigate risks.

A diverse supplier base not only reduces dependency but also enhances negotiation power, ensuring competitive pricing and favorable terms. However, building and maintaining such a network requires continuous effort. The purchasing department must not only nurture existing vendor relationships but also proactively seek new suppliers. This vigilance helps companies adapt to market changes and technological advancements.

If you are looking for a partner who helps you to manage your business growth then, Sanjay Shah is a well-known management consultant in India 

Exploring industry events, exhibitions, and conferences is essential for staying informed about the latest trends in the supply industry. These events often showcase new machinery, technologies, alternative raw materials, and innovative processes. They provide an excellent opportunity to discover new suppliers who can offer competitive advantages or unique products.

In addition to physical events, the internet has become a valuable tool for sourcing new vendors. Online directories, industry portals, and marketplace websites are convenient resources for identifying potential suppliers. These platforms allow businesses to search for vendors based on specific criteria, such as location, product type, or service quality.

Industry directories, magazines, and publications also serve as useful resources. They often feature advertisements or articles about emerging suppliers or innovative products. Subscribing to these publications helps businesses stay informed about potential new partners in the supply chain.

Once a reliable set of vendors is established, it is crucial to continually evaluate their performance. Regular assessments should consider various factors, including efficiency, product quality, pricing, credit terms, and overall ease of doing business. This evaluation process helps ensure that the company is working with the best possible suppliers and can identify areas for improvement.

Maintaining strong communication with vendors is another key aspect of effective vendor management. Regular interaction fosters healthy relationships, ensuring that both parties are aligned in their goals and expectations. This on-going dialogue can also help resolve issues promptly, preventing minor problems from escalating into major disruptions.

In conclusion, effective vendor management and the development of new supplier relationships are critical to a company's success. By diversifying the supplier base, staying informed about industry trends, and maintaining open communication, businesses can safeguard against supply chain disruptions and secure a competitive edge in the market. The purchase department plays a vital role in this process, continuously striving to balance cost, quality, and reliability in its vendor relationships.

[avengineers]

Third Party Inspection/NDT services In India

AV Engineers provides inspection to business organizations in plants & machinery (Solar, Cement, Sugar, chemical and Pharmaceuticals), power generation, marines, oil, gas, Petroleum installations, Pressure vessels, Boilers, Heat Exchangers and site inspections We also provide inspection services for power cables, transformers. our services include Vendor Development,Total quality management.Vendor pre evaluation, Inspection and Expediting Services,Pre-Shipment Inspection,NDT inspection and testing like Radiography and many more.

[chinainspectionservices]

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[contisofttechnologies]

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Why choose Supplier Performance Evaluation Software? Here are the top advantages it offers:

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[reasonsforhope]

"Nasir Mansoor has spent 40 years fighting for Pakistan’s workers. Whether demanding compensation on behalf of the hundreds of people who died in a devastating 2012 factory fire in Karachi or demonstrating against Pakistani suppliers to global fashion brands violating minimum wage rules, he’s battled many of the country’s widespread labor injustices.

Yet so far, little has improved, said Mansoor, who heads Pakistan’s National Trade Union Federation in Karachi... Regulations and trade protocols look good on paper, but they rarely trickle down to the factory level. “Nobody cares,” Mansoor said. “Not the government who makes commitments, not the brands, and not the suppliers. The workers are suffering.”

Change on the Horizon

But change might finally be on the horizon after Germany’s new Supply Chain Act came into force last year. As Europe’s largest economy and importer of clothing, Germany now requires certain companies to put risk-management systems in place to prevent, minimize, and eliminate human rights violations for workers across their entire global value chains. Signed into law by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in January 2023, the law covers issues such as forced labor, union-busting, and inadequate wages, for the first time giving legal power to protections that were previously based on voluntary commitments. Companies that violate the rules face fines of up to 8 million euros ($8.7 million)...

...As governments come to realize that a purely voluntary regimen produces limited results, there is now a growing global movement to ensure that companies are legally required to protect the people working at all stages of their supply chains.

The German law is just the latest example of these new due diligence rules—and it’s the one with the highest impact, given the size of the country’s market. A number of other Western countries have also adopted similar legislation in recent years, including France and Norway. A landmark European Union law that would mandate all member states to implement similar regulation is in the final stages of being greenlighted.

Although the United States has legislation to prevent forced labor in its global supply chains, such as the 2021 Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, there are no federal laws that protect workers in other countries from abuses that fall short of forced labor. That said, a proposed New York state bill, the Fashion Act, would legally require most major U.S. and international brands to identify, prevent, and remediate human rights violations in their supply chain if passed, with noncompliance subject to fines. Since major fashion brands could hardly avoid selling their products in New York, the law would effectively put the United States on a similar legal level as Germany and France...

The Results So Far

As of January, Germany’s new law applies to any company with at least 1,000 employees in the country, which covers many of the world’s best-known fast fashion retailers, such as Zara and Primark. Since last January [Jan 2023], German authorities say they have received 71 complaints or notices of violations and conducted 650 of their own assessments, including evaluating companies’ risk management.

In Pakistan, the very existence of the German law was enough to spark action. Last year, Mansoor and other union representatives reached out to fashion brands that sourced some of their clothing in Pakistan to raise concerns about severe labor violations in garment factories. Just four months later, he and his colleagues found themselves in face-to-face meetings with several of those brands—a first in his 40-year career. “This is a big achievement,” he said. “Otherwise, [the brands] never sit with us. Even when the workers died in the factory fire, the brand never sat with us.” ...

-via The Fuller Project, April 2, 2024. Article headers added by me.

Article continues below, with more action-based results, including one factory that "complied, agreeing to respect minimum wages and provide contract letters, training on labor laws, and—for the first time—worker bonuses"

With the help of Mansoor and Zehra Khan, the general secretary of the Home-Based Women Workers Federation, interviews with more than 350 garment workers revealed the severity of long-known issues.

Nearly all workers interviewed were paid less than a living wage, which was 67,200 Pakistan rupees (roughly $243) per month in 2022, according to the Asia Floor Wage Alliance. Nearly 30 percent were even paid below the legal minimum wage of 25,000 Pakistani rupees per month (roughly $90) for unskilled workers. Almost 100 percent had not been given a written employment contract, while more than three-quarters were either not registered with the social security system—a legal requirement—or didn’t know if they were.

When Mansoor, Khan, and some of the organizations raised the violations with seven global fashion brands implicated, they were pleasantly surprised. One German retailer reacted swiftly, asking its supplier where the violations had occurred to sign a 14-point memorandum of understanding to address the issues. (We’re unable to name the companies involved because negotiations are ongoing.) The factory complied, agreeing to respect minimum wages and provide contract letters, training on labor laws, and—for the first time—worker bonuses.

In February [2024], the factory registered an additional 400 workers with the social security system (up from roughly 100) and will continue to enroll more, according to Khan. “That is a huge number for us,” she said.

It’s had a knock-on effect, too. Four of the German brand’s other Pakistani suppliers are also willing to sign the memorandum, Khan noted, which could impact another 2,000 workers or so. “The law is opening up space for [the unions] to negotiate, to be heard, and to be taken seriously,” said Miriam Saage-Maass, the legal director at ECCHR.

Looking Forward with the EU

...Last month [in March 2024], EU member states finally approved a due diligence directive after long delays, during which the original draft was watered down. As it moves to the next stage—a vote in the European Parliament—before taking effect, critics argue that the rules are now too diluted and cover too few companies to be truly effective. Still, the fact that the EU is acting at all has been described as an important moment, and unionists such as Mansoor and Khan wait thousands of miles away with bated breath for the final outcome.

Solidarity from Europe is important, Khan said, and could change the lives of Pakistan’s workers. “The eyes and the ears of the people are looking to [the brands],” Mansoor said. “And they are being made accountable for their mistakes.”"

-via The Fuller Project, April 2, 2024. Article headers added by me.

[tojosuggestionbox]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I will see to it that our weaponry is evaluated, then if necessary, begin the process of sourcing an alternative supplier.

As for training, I feel that a mandatory review for all HQ personnel may be in order. Taking into account both your concerns and some problematic habits I have noticed as of late, it may be long overdue.

To all Tojo Clan members: Guns can be, and are intended to be reloaded. Please do not throw them the moment it empties. Just because you "saw the Fourth Chairman do it" doesn't mean you should too.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

The super-rich got that way through monopolies

Catch me in Miami! I'll be at Books and Books in Coral Gables on Jan 22 at 8PM.

Just in time for Davos, here's 'Taken, not earned: How monopolists drive the world’s power and wealth divide," a report from a coalition of international tax justice and anti-corporate activist groups:

https://www.balancedeconomy.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Davos-Taken-not-Earned-full-Report-2024-FINAL.pdf

The rise of monopolies over the past 40 years came about as the result of specific, deliberate policy choices. As the report documents, the wealthiest people in America funneled a fortune into neutering antitrust enforcement, through the "consumer welfare" doctrine.

This is an economic theory that equates monopolies with efficiency: "If everyone is buying the same things from the same store, that tells you the store is doing something right, not something criminal." 40 years ago, and ever since, the wealthy have funded think-tanks, university programs and even "continuing education" programs for federal judges to push this line:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/08/13/post-bork-era/#manne-down

They didn't do this for ideological reasons – they were chasing material goals. Monopolies produce vast profits, and those profits produce vast wealth. The rise and rise of the super rich cannot be decoupled from the rise and rise of monopolies.

If you're new to this, you might think that "monopoly" only refers to a sector in which there is only one seller. But that's not what economists mean when they talk about monopolies and monopolization: for them, a monopoly is a company with power. Economists who talk about monopolies mean companies that "can act independently without needing to consider the responses of competitors, customers, workers, or even governments."

One way to measure that power is through markups ("the difference between the selling price of goods or services and their cost"). Very large companies in concentrated industries have very high markups, and they're getting higher. From 2017-22, the 20 largest companies in the world had average markups of 50%. The 100 largest companies average 43%. The smallest half of companies get average markups of 25%.

Those markups rose steeply during the covid lockdowns – and so did the wealth of the billionaires who own them. Tech billionaires – Bezos, Brin and Page, Gates and Ballmer – all made their fortunes from monopolies. Warren Buffet is a proud monopolist who says "the single most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power… if you have to have a prayer session before raising the price by 10 percent, then you’ve got a terrible business."

We are living in the age of the monopoly. In the 1930s, the top 0.1% of US companies accounted for less than half of America's GDP. Today, it's 90%. And it's accelerating, with global mergers climbing from 2,676 in 1985 to 62,000 in 2021.

Monopoly's cheerleaders claim that these numbers vindicate them. Monopolies are so efficient that everyone wants to create them. Those efficiencies can be seen in the markups monopolies can charge, and the profits they can make. If a monopoly has a 50% markup, that's just the "efficiency of scale."

But what is the actual shape of this "efficiency?" How is it manifest? The report's authors answer this with one word: power.

Monopolists have the power "to extract wealth from, to restrict the freedoms of, and to manipulate or steer the vastly larger numbers of losers." They establish themselves as gatekeepers and create chokepoints that they can use to raise prices paid by their customers and lower the payout to their suppliers:

https://chokepointcapitalism.com/

These chokepoints let monopolies usurp "one of the ultimate prerogatives of state power: taxation." Amazon sellers pay a 51% tax to sell on the platform. App Store suppliers pay a 30% tax on every dollar they make with their apps. That translates into higher costs. Consider a good that costs $10 to make: the bottom 50% of companies (by size) would charge $12.50 for that product on average. The largest companies would charge $15. Thus monopolies don't just make their owners richer – they make everyone else poorer, too.

This power to set prices is behind the greedflation (or, more politely, "seller's inflation"). The CEOs of the largest companies in the world keep getting on investor calls and bragging about this:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/11/price-over-volume/#pepsi-pricing-power

The food system is incredibly monopolistic. The Cargill family own the largest commodity trader in the world, which is how they built up a family fortune worth $43b. Cargill is one of the "ABCD" companies ("Archer Daniels Midland, Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus") that control the world's food supply, and they tripled their profits during the lockdown.

Monopolies gouge everyone – even governments. Pfizer charged the NHS £18-22/shot for vaccines that cost £5/shot to make. They took the British government for £2bn – that's enough to pay last year's pay hike for NHS nurses, six times over,

But monopolies also abuse their suppliers, especially their employees. All over the world, competition authorities are uncovering "wage fixing" and "no poaching" agreements among large firms, who collude to put a cap on what workers in their sector can earn. Unions report workers having their pay determined by algorithms. Bosses lock employees in with noncompetes and huge repayment bills for "training":

https://pluralistic.net/2022/08/04/its-a-trap/#a-little-on-the-nose

Monopolies corrupt our governments. Companies with huge markups can spend some of that money on lobbying. The 20 largest companies in the world spend more than €155m/year lobbying in the US and alone, not counting the money they spend on industry associations and other cutouts that lobby on their behalf. Big Tech leads the pack on lobbying, accounting for 82% of EU lobbying spending and 58% of US lobbying.

One key monopoly lobbying priority is blocking climate action, from Apple lobbying against right-to-repair, which creates vast mountains of e-waste, to energy monopolist lobbying against renewables. And energy companies are getting more monopolistic, with Exxonmobil spending $65b to buy Pioneer and Chevron spending $60b to buy Hess. Many of the world's richest people are fossil fuel monopolists, like Charles and Julia Koch, the 18th and 19th richest people on the Forbes list. They spend fortunes on climate denial.

When people talk about the climate impact of billionaires, they tend to focus on the carbon footprints of their mansions and private jets, but the true environmental cost of the ultra rich comes from the anti-renewables, pro-emissions lobbying they buy with their monopoly winnings.

The good news is that the tide is turning on monopolies. A coalition of "businesses, workers, farmers, consumers and other civil society groups" have created a "remarkably successful anti-monopoly movement." The past three years saw more regulatory action on corporate mergers, price-gouging, predatory pricing, labor abuses and other evils of monopoly than we got in the past 40 years.

The business press – cheerleaders for monopoly – keep running editorials claiming that enforcers like Lina Khan are getting nothing done. Sure, WSJ, Khan's getting nothing done – that's why you ran 80 editorial about her:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/14/making-good-trouble/#the-peoples-champion

(Khan's winning like crazy. Just last month she killed four megamergers:)

https://www.thesling.org/the-ftc-just-blocked-four-mergers-in-a-month-heres-how-its-latest-win-fits-into-the-broader-campaign-to-revive-antitrust/

The EU and UK are taking actions that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. Canada is finally set to get a real competition law, with the Trudeau government promising to add an "abuse of dominance" rule to Canada's antitrust system.

Even more exciting are the moves in the global south. In South Africa, "competition law contains some of the most progressive ideas of all":

It actively seeks to create greater economic participation, particularly for ‘historically disadvantaged persons’ as part of its public interest considerations in merger decisions.

Balzac wrote, "Behind every great fortune there is a crime." Chances are, the rapsheet includes an antitrust violation. Getting rid of monopolies won't get rid of all the billionaires, but it'll certainly get rid of a hell of a lot of them.

I'm Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, the sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by @wilwheaton! You can pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover, signed or unsigned. There's also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/17/monopolies-produce-billionaires/#inequality-corruption-climate-poverty-sweatshops

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A rapid test importer landed an estimated $2 billion in federal contracts in 2021 and 2022, despite giving regulators incomplete data about its product’s accuracy, Global News has found. A year-long investigation into federal procurement revealed that BTNX, a small rapid test supplier based outside Toronto, deleted dozens of specimens, or samples, from a study it submitted to Health Canada. That evaluation showed how well the company’s test detected COVID-19. The deletions made BTNX’s test appear more reliable and sensitive than it really was, according to researchers Global News consulted. The device could detect the virus in users who were the most contagious, but results from leading regulators’ evaluation programs indicate BTNX’s test was much less dependable in all other cases.

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Tagging @politicsofcanada

[avengineers]

Third Party Inspection/NDT services In India

AV Engineers provides inspection to business organizations in plants & machinery (Solar, Cement, Sugar, chemical and Pharmaceuticals), power generation, marines, oil, gas, Petroleum installations, Pressure vessels, Boilers, Heat Exchangers and site inspections We also provide inspection services for power cables, transformers. our services include Vendor Development,Total quality management.Vendor pre evaluation, Inspection and Expediting Services,Pre-Shipment Inspection,NDT inspection and testing like Radiography and many more.

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[chinainspectionservices]

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[atlafanzine]

Mod Applications Now Open.

We are in the process of creating an ATLA fanzine where all the proceeds go to Care for Gaza. As of now, we are recruiting mods to help run the project. Undercut you will find links to each application form as well as a brief description on the responsibilities of each mod. The application period ends on the 29th of May, meaning you have 2 weeks to apply.

hyperlink to application form on the bold text

Co-Head Mod - keeping everyone else on schedule, ensuring future tasks are covered ahead of time, having an overall vision of what the project can become. Think project management!

Graphics Mod - Creating the graphics, icons, headers, edits and carrd for social media. Working closely with the communications and marketing mods.

Social Media/External Communications Mod - Managing the different social media sites, answering any questions by applicants and buyers via social media and email.

Discord/Internal Communications Mod - Setting up discord, discord posts and managing contributor emails.

Marketing Mod - Coming up with new ideas to keep the zine at the top of people's minds during periods where there is not a lot of activity, works closely with the external communications mod and graphic mod.

Supplier Mod - Sourcing quotes, negotiating prices, evaluating suppliers, and staying on top of your chosen suppliers for both merch and the zine itself.

Fulfilment Mod - Receiving, inspecting, and packing all the products for shipment. Someone who has the time to spare.

Finance Mod - Co-managing the PayPal account, budgeting, help guide prices, keeping track of expense.

Artists/Writer Admin - Managing artist/writer contributors, managing their details and check-ins. This is a two person position, one admin will be looking after the artists and one the writers. Both admins should work together to keep track of buyers orders when the time comes.