Vendor Scoring Framework: 10-Criteria Template
A defensible 10-criteria vendor scoring framework with weighting logic, ready for your procurement audit. Used to standardize supplier selection across categories.
PDF Framework · 15 pages
Two fields and a company name if you want to give it. The file opens as soon as you submit.
What is inside
- 0110 criteria: price, quality, lead time, MOQ, payment terms, certs, capacity, financial, ESG, responsiveness
- 02Weighted-average scoring with customizable weights per category
- 03Defensibility notes for audit: how to justify each weight
- 04Excel companion template for data entry
- 05Based on best practices from CIPS and ISM procurement standards
Purchasing managers standardizing supplier evaluation across categories. Especially useful for teams scaling from 1-2 buyers to a full procurement function.
Written from runs, not from a keyword list
One campaign we published in full, brief “Metformin API, EU-compliant producers, GMP”. Every page the tool opened was judged, and the rejections are still on the record.
ONE REAL CAMPAIGN, “METFORMIN API”. NOT AN AVERAGE.
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