{"id":18665,"date":"2023-09-18T12:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T16:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/evaluation-of-supplier-size\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T06:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:51:10","slug":"evaluation-of-supplier-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/evaluation-of-supplier-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of Supplier Size"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am working on a new article for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\">FREE Purchasing Resources Program<\/a><\/strong> on evaluating supplier size. There are problems when you select a supplier that is too big. There are different problems when you select a supplier that is too small.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-ad\" href=\"\/plans-pricing\/free-membership?utm_source=textad\">Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I have more than enough material for this article, I thought that other purchasing professionals could benefit from learning how you use supplier size in your supplier selections and how you derive any correlations between supplier size and performance in your <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/procurement-training\/lessons\/supplier-performance-management\">supplier evaluation program<\/a><\/strong>. Companies like  have faced similar challenges when balancing supplier size with flexibility and responsiveness. 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