Ali is the Category Manager at an airplane manufacturing factory. He works with many different suppliers who provide different components for the planes. The company is investing heavily in Environmental and Social Governance and Ali has been asked by the CEO what the best practice is to ensure ethical behaviour from suppliers. Ali has suggested completing Audits. Is this the right thing to do?
Which of the following factors are typically considered when assessing a supplier's financial capacity?
Chantelle is a procurement apprentice working in the public sector for an education organisation. As a result of studying towards the CIPS qualification, Chantelle has become aware of the importance of incorporating sustainability and environmental award criteria into tender exercises and has informed her manager of this. For the purchase of IT supplies, which requirement could be evaluated within the sustainability and environmental award criterion?
Steff is a procurement manager at Giant Buttons Ltd who are considering offshoring a small section of their manufacturing operations. Which of the following is a risk of offshoring that Steff should consider.