Purchasing Solutions

Managing supplier relationships is a critical component of an effective purchasing operation. The trend in business is toward a reduction in the number of critical suppliers a company should maintain, reinforcing the need to select quality suppliers and develop and maintain strong relationships with them. Consider the following guidelines:

• Identify all potential suppliers based on your purchasing needs
• Determine demographics such as size, geography, woman or minority owned and ISO 9000 registration
• Determine a predictor of risks such as non-delivery or insolvency
• Rank and choose your suppliers based on acceptable risk and your company's internal standards

Examples of D&B's Purchasing Solutions

Supplier Evaluation Report

• Currently available on more than 2,000,000 companies around the world
• Provides demographics, a risk score, financial ratios, management background, operations and facilities detail, including ISO 9000 registration and minority/women-owned information
• Helps determine financial solvency, identify any adverse conditions, and get a feel for management background and experience
• Can be ordered by telephone with fax, mail delivery or online access
• Available on international suppliers

Supplier Performance Review

• Personalized evaluation of your suppliers' key performance measurements
• Trained analysts survey customers of your suppliers in seven key areas of business including quality, delivery timeliness, and attitude of personnel
• The results of the survey are compared to industry results to provide a complete picture of your supplier's performance relative to other providers of similar products

PerformanceScope

• PerformanceScope can help you find out quickly and cost-effectively what your customers think are your strengths and weaknesses as their supplier in regards to on-time delivery, problem responsiveness and overall satisfaction

The Critical Supplier Analysis Report

• Critical Supplier Analysis Report is prepared by an experienced industry-specific analyst using D&B information to provide an overall risk assessment of a supplier, with an overview summarizing the supplier's condition
• Performance surveys are provided, similar to the Supplier Performance Review

• Covers 200,000 U.S. small businesses including more than 39,000 minority and 55,000 women-owned businesses
• Complies with U.S. Federal government and business regulations that require you to contract with small businesses, minority-owned and women-owned businesses
• Powerful searching capabilities
• Available on CD-ROM or in statewide directories
• Expanded version now available with an additional 500,000 D&B identified women-owned businesses(Small Business Sourcing File)
• State-by-state guides are now available in catalog form for the Northeast section of the U.S.

Duns Directory of Service Companies

• Details 50,000 of the largest U.S. service companies
• Cross referenced alphabetically, geographically, and by Standard Industrial Classification
• Concentrates on companies with more than 50 employees in accounting, auditing and bookkeeping; advertising and public relations; architecture and engineering; consumer services; executive search; health; hospitality; management consultants; motion pictures; repair; research; social services; and law
• Available in printed directory

Dun's Business Locator

• Covers 10 million U.S. companies and tradestyles
• Companies sorted alphabetically
• Comprehensive coverage of the D&B information base
• Available on CD-ROM

Also available: Performance Measurement Software

• A Windows®-based sofware program which helps you store performance measurements on your suppliers
• Easily transfer information to spreadsheet or graphical software to analyze the performance of your supplier base

These are just a sample of D&B's purchasing solutions. If you haven't found what you're looking for here, please send a message to our D&B Purchasing Specialists.

Or, if you prefer, in the United States you may call 1-800-476-2446.

So that we may better serve your needs, please provide a detailed description of the type of information you're looking for.

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