SLU/Purchasing Signature

  Purchasing & Property Control Dept
Performance Survey  


2.   Approximately how many suppliers presently provide your university with MRO items?
less than 10  10 - 50  50 - 100  100 - 150  150 - 200  more than 200 

 

3.   Do you send multiple requests for quotes for each MRO purchase?        Yes           No

 

4.   On average, how many PO's does your purchasing department create in a month's time?
less than 25 25 - 50 50 - 100  100 - 200 more than 200

 

5.    How much does it cost your university to create and process a Purchase Order?
less than $25 $25 - $50 $50 - $100 $100 - $250 more than $250

 

6. What % of your total purchasing transactions would MRO constitute?    %

 

7.   Are you currently being billed by?
each transaction     a summary basis by both methods Other 

 

8.   Do you have an attended storeroom?        Yes          No
 If Yes, how many employees are dedicated to the storeroom and/or receiving?   
   Technology
9.   With respect to managing MRO items which of the following technologies do you currently use ?
  a)    EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)      Yes  No 

 b)   ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)    Yes    No   
        If Yes, name of the provider (optional):     
      
 c)   Product Identification  technologies      Bar-coding    RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)
       If Yes, name of the provider (optional):    

 d)   Electronic Fund Transfer   Yes  No 

 

10.   Are you currently using software to perform the following functions? (check all that apply)
Inventory Management  Purchasing Payment of Invoices Warehouse Management
  Name of the provider (optional):  
   Integrated Supply
11.    If you were to outsource your procurement & inventory management activities to an Integrated Supplier..   
a) Which types of inventory do you feel that an Integrated Supplier should hold as on-site consignment inventory ?
Dead inventory Slow moving inventory(C-items) Med-moving inventory (B-items) High-moving inventory (A-items)
 b) What services  would you consider valuable? (check all that apply)
Electronic Data Interchange  Integrated Supply Inventory Management Summary Billing
Technical/Product Support Vendor Consolidation Vendor Managed Inventory Consignment Inventory
Logistics Support Financial Cost Accounting Shrinkage Reduction  

 

12.    How would you rate the benefits of the following Integrated Supplier services to your university?
  Not Very
Important		                           Neutral  Very
Important
Elimination of steps in the supply chain  1  2  3  4  5
Inventory Investment Savings in MRO Items  1  2  3  4  5
Personnel Reduction  1  2  3  4  5
Purchasing Leverage  1  2  3  4  5
Productivity Savings  1  2  3  4  5
Improved Storeroom Management  1  2  3  4  5

 

13.   If an Integrated Supply provided you with a profitable and well documented outsourcing  strategy for       MRO procurement, would you be willing to implement it?
Yes Likely Not sure Not likely No

 

14.   Comments: What would be your apprehensions in going for an Integrated Supply contract?       
  Demographics:
15. Please indicate how much your university spends on purchasing direct & indirect materials? $

 

16. Approximately what % of the above expenditure are MRO related?    %

 

 

17. How many employees are there in your university?
500 - 1000 1000 - 1500 1500 - 2000 2000 - 2500 more than 2500
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