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STRATEGIC SOURCING

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* 1. Is your company applying strategic sourcing and/or spend management principles and practices in the office products categories?

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* 2. For how long has your company been pursuing strategic sourcing/spend management in the office products categories?

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* 3. What is the total number of office products suppliers with whom your company does business?

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* 4. How will your total number of office products suppliers change in the coming 2-3 years?

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* 5. Compared to three years ago, what is your company's total cost trend for office products?

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* 6. What percentage of your company’s total office products spend is under management by procurement?

MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS WITH SUPPLIERS

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* 7. How are suppliers of office products typically selected in your organization?

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* 8. Who gets involved in strategic sourcing and spend management for office products? Check ALL that apply.

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* 9. At your company, do you have a formal program in place to measure performance of your office products suppliers?

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* 10. For how long has your company had a formal program in place to measure performance of your office products suppliers?

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* 11. Who gets involved in measuring performance of your office products suppliers? Check ALL that apply.

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* 12. When measuring performance of your office products suppliers, what criteria do you use? Check ALL that apply.

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* 13. Over time, would you say that overall performance of office products suppliers has:

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* 14. Do you use a scorecard to report progress to performance metrics to your office products suppliers?

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* 15. How do you reward office products suppliers for good performance? Check ALL that apply.

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* 16. Would you consider presenting an office products supplier with a “supplier of the year” award?

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* 17. What information do you share with your office products suppliers? Check ALL that apply.

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* 18. What information does your office products supplier share with you? Check ALL that apply.

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* 19. What kinds of new ideas do office products suppliers bring to you? Check ALL that apply.

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* 20. Which industry awards would influence your decision to select an office products supplier? Check ALL that apply.

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* 21. Which of the following criteria do you use when selecting an office products supplier? Check ALL that apply

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* 22. Which of the following office products companies performs best in each attribute? Check ONE company per attribute

  OfficeMax Staples Target Wal-Mart Office Depot FedEx Office
Price/cost
Customer service
Post-order delivery time
Quality of sales team
Sales responsiveness
Breadth of product line
Value

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