サプライヤー評価

サプライヤー評価とは？

サプライヤー評価は、量的および質的評価を通して潜在的サプライヤーを評価し承認するプロセスです。目的は、利用可能な最良のサプライヤーのリストを編纂することです。サプライヤー評価では、費用を削減し、リスクを最小化し、改善を促進するため、現在のサプライヤーについてもパフォーマンスを測定しモニタリングして検討します。

アプローチと手法

持続可能な慣行を検討するサプライヤー評価の実施には、複数の異なる手法があります。

• 従業員と管理者の知識と意図を評価するために作成された質問票。
• 事業のサステナビリティ原則による効果を数量化するスコアカード。
• 認定調査者による対象企業への現場訪問。
• 第三者規格認証。

EcoVadisサプライヤー評価の目的は、企業のサステナビリティ管理システムの質を、企業の方針、実施方法と結果を通して評価することです。

サプライヤー評価実施のメリット

1. Increase performance visibility. When companies do not have data on how their suppliers are performing, supplier management tends to be based on assumptions. The simple act of measuring performance can be even more dramatic when companies award additional business on the basis of suppliers meeting performance goals.

2. Uncover and remove hidden waste and cost drivers in sustainable procurement. Sustainable procurement is full of potential risks that can originate from suppliers with regard to CSR. Some of these risks can be avoided through better communication between customers and suppliers. By understanding supplier performance and their business practices and processes, customers can help suppliers reduce waste and inefficiency. This not only improves supplier performance but also lowers costs for customers.

3. Leverage the supply base. By measuring supplier performance, an enterprise can set a threshold for its suppliers that can yield higher-quality results. Companies can develop new products and services based on a better understanding of their suppliers’ capabilities and performance levels.

4. Align customer and supplier business practices. Ideally, suppliers should run their business in alignment with their customers by sharing the same business ethics, pursuing similar standards of excellence and committing to sustainability and continuous improvement.

5. Mitigate risk. Insight into supplier performance and business practices helps reduce business risk, particularly given companies’ increasing dependency on key suppliers. Risks can be financial or operational, and increase with geographic distance.

6. Improve supplier performance. The goal of supplier assessment should be to evaluate supplier performance and improvement. While simply measuring performance has a positive effect, supplier assessment can be most effective when it leads to continuous improvement activities that demonstrably enhance supplier performance. Follow-up activities, such as supplier training and development, and corrective actions to address supplier assessment findings are the best ways to obtain measurable and positive results.