Title: Supplier commercial acceptance assessment

Authors: F. Seville, B.G. Dale

Addresses: Manchester School of Management, UMIST, Manchester, UK. ' Manchester School of Management, UMIST, Manchester, UK

Abstract: This paper reports the main findings of research carried out in the area of supplier commercial assessment and rating. In the development of such a system, there are four main issues which need to be considered: (i) the assessment criteria; (ii) the structure of the assessment; (iii) the scoring of the assessment and (iv) the feedback of information to suppliers. Drawing on research carried out in a supplier to the automotive industries, the paper examines each of the four main issues.

Keywords: supplier assessment; assessment criteria; commercial performance; communication; feedback; assessment structure; assessment scoring; automotive suppliers; automobile industry.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.1991.061751

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 1991 Vol.12 No.3, pp.268 - 275

Published online: 27 May 2014 *

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