Development of a supplier assessment form for an electronic product manufacturing organisation

Abstract

Smooth running and optimal flow of the supply chain system of an electronic product manufacturing organisation solely rely on the just-in-time (JIT) availability of raw materials required by various manufacturing processes of an organisation. Hence, the selection of suitable suppliers that meet the key strategic objectives required to ensure effective functioning of end-to-end processes of an organisation is vital to ensure sustainable manufacturing in an organisation. In light of this, the aim of this study is to develop a supplier assessment form that could be used by a procurement manager of an electronic product manufacturing organisation to select a suitable supplier of their raw materials. In order to achieve this, various criteria were appraised and utilised to establish the key indicators that should be used to rate the performance of suppliers, with a view to establishing a suitable raw material supplier. The result of the criteria assessment revealed that the criterion “supplier resilience” with a priority score of 0.30 is the most important criterion for selecting a suitable supplier. The supplier assessment form developed in this study revealed the myriads of indicators that need to be rated based on weight scores of the supplier criteria and sub-criteria. This form serve as an assessment guide that could be used in a manufacturing organisation to select a reliable supplier that will facilitate sustainable production.