What do you do if your supplier sourcing processes lack teamwork?

Making sure all team members understand their roles and responsibility aids in determining lead times per step and support required can be identified early on. A RACI matrix ensures team members know who to inform when they encounter hurdles in the process and support / guidance can be given speedily.

Lack of team work comes when people find insecurity among peers success and achievement. To avoid this we need to convey to each and every team member our shared responsibility and common goal. When we communicate efficiently and foster inclusion and diversity our team will become one of the best for sure.

Planning communication and giving stakeholders a visual and a one page diagram with any of your tools that map it out are key to teamwork. Removing duplication and showing clear roles should be your first priority. Involve stakeholders in any change management and also what type of comms and tools are you using? Microsoft - Sharepoint? Tableu? Powerpoint or Powerapps? Are there workflows as well? Make it easy and efficient and your team will be happy and know what to do!

Probity and transparency are an integral part of all procurement activities. Embedding supply chain into a vision, mission or corporate plan makes whole organisation accountability and the requirement to develop strong guidelines. Guidelines outline clear roles and responsibilities during any procurement process. All leaders are responsible for organisation wide procurement outcomes, promoting consistency in procurement practice and utilisation of the guideline. At the project level, project, procurement and probity plans include clear roles defined in a task schedule. Tasks are assigned to roles based on the guidelines for clear action plans and timeframes. Plans are signed by all parties as acceptance.

Wenn es in den Lieferantenbeschaffungsprozessen an Teamarbeit mangelt ist folgendes wichtig. Etablieren Sie klare Kommunikationswege und definieren Sie Rollen und Verantwortlichkeiten. Schulungen und Workshops zu effektiver Kommunikation und Teamarbeit sind essenziell. F?rdern Sie das Teambuilding durch gemeinsame Aktivit?ten, um das Vertrauen zu st?rken.

KPI's should be a collaborative experience for the team. Choosing something new or something tried and tested can help form performance goals that suit you and your team. Smart KPI's can be a hybrid of customisable KPI's for you and your business. Choose what makes sense for you and the supplier. Innovation and supplier tech is always a great one to add in

En mi época como Procurement Mgr y con más de 120 proveedores para gestionar, me he encontrado con situaciones en los que los proveedores desconocían cuál era su nivel de servicio porque nadie les había calculado ningún KPI como por ejemplo el OTIF y por ello mucho menos se había compartido con ellos el nivel de satisfacción Para mí es primordial establecer KPI, compartirlos, comentarlos en común y en caso de mejora compartir las acciones en común De esta manera tod@s podremos beneficiarnos de las mejoras colaborativamente

Common goals would help them interact as they work together, creating an atmosphere of good team work. KPIs should be an experience for the team to deliver on their roles and avoid conflicting goals.

Establecer objetivos comunes con nuestros proveedores proporciona una visión compartida de lo que estamos tratando de lograr, reduciendo la ambigüedad y mejorando la comprensión mutua de las metas y expectativas. Al alinear los KPIs se puede medir de manera efectiva el progreso hacia el logro de metas permitiéndonos identificar áreas de mejora y tomar medidas correctivas. Al establecer objetivos y KPIs claros y compartidos, fomentamos la responsabilidad en ambas partes. Cada parte se compromete a cumplir con sus responsabilidades. Al monitorear y evaluar regularmente nuestros KPIs, podemos identificar oportunidades de mejora y realizar ajustes según sea necesario para optimizar el rendimiento y la eficiencia en nuestra cadena de suministro.

Establishing robust processes and ensuring team work aren't mutually exclusive. Manager plays a key role in this, rather than taking unilateral decisions in setting the process, seeking and inculcating team's inputs is crucial, keeping in mind the needs of the business. Most importantly, setting a continuous improvement mindset (Kaizen) helps foster creativity and team engagements by getting regular feedback/inputs to adapt to the ever changing Supply Chain landscape.

Ensuring transparency of information within the sourcing team is crucial. Understanding their position in the process, expected inputs, and output availability fosters effective communication. By adopting Scrum Agile during sourcing package development and transitioning to Kanban during ongoing sourcing, we can establish structure not only in our work approach but also in information sharing, ultimately building openness and trust

I firmly believe in developing a rapport between the stakeholders and the sourcing. Transparency is critical but building a strong trustworthy relationship is key. We have to trust that each member of the team has the organization’s best interest in mind.

Always be sure to include your stakeholders in the requirements creation and scorecard process. Ownership in the process will drive collaboration every time.

Fomentar la confianza y la comunicación son fundamentales. La confianza es la base de cualquier relación exitosa. Al fomentar un ambiente de transparencia y honestidad con nuestros proveedores, podemos establecer relaciones duraderas basadas en la confianza mutua. La comunicación clara y constante es clave para evitar malentendidos y resolver problemas de manera efectiva. Al mantener líneas de comunicación abiertas podemos anticipar y abordar cualquier desafío que surja. En lugar de esperar a que surjan problemas, es importante abordarlos de manera proactiva y colaborativa. Esto implica trabajar en equipo para identificar y abordar los desafíos antes de que se conviertan en problemas mayores.

Collaboration brings new opportunities for improvement, innovation, and process development, so it should always be encouraged when feasible. Care must be taken to handle ideas without pre-judgment and with guidance for the team, sharing your knowledge and showing the way forward. These attitudes foster a sense of belonging among team members.

Compartir entre proveedores Best Práctices adopatadas de algún caso de éxito facilita a veces el inicio de una colaboración con el objetivo de mejorar y estrechar con confianza las relaciones

Communication is the key as usually a team member lagging is due to non communication of shared objective. Once we trust the team members and jell them in the bigger objective with sense of contribution. It truly counts

Clear communication with team work help in effective sourcing. By analyzing what's expected of each member with close monitoring of getting feedback for proper measures and evaluation in achieving the set goals. Motivation and encouragement once missions are accomplished.

Understand the root causes first, all other actions are good , but require a basic understanding of why its not working in the first place

Do benchmarking. Benchmarking is an important team building tool as it encourages learning and knowledge sharing, enabling teams to identify best practices and performance standards, their strength and weaknesses with regard to supplier sourcing process by comparing the process in their business organization with that of the leading competitor in the same industry or even the best performing business organization in a different industry.