{"id":2074,"date":"2005-05-27T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-27T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2005\/05\/27\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T07:26:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T11:26:18","slug":"supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Supplier Size Guidelines:  Set In Stone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering whether the supplier size guidelines mentioned in \u201cSupplier Size: It Matters\u201d are absolute rules for selecting (or rejecting) a supplier?\u00a0Keep in mind that these are ONLY guidelines. There will absolutely, positively be exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>For example, NLPA has a supplier awards program in place. In our most recent mid-year supplier evaluation, the leading candidate for our 2005 Supplier of the Year Award was a huge company. NLPA&#8217;s business comprises less than 1% of its annual sales. Performance \u2013 irrespective of relative size \u2013 is what counts.<\/p>\n<p>Supplier size is just one of many criteria that you should consider when selecting a supplier. In many cases, you will find that supplier stability and attentiveness to your needs are highly correlated with the guidelines in the above-mentioned purchasing article.<\/p>\n<p>What percentages are you finding to be the thresholds?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/individuals\/membership\/\">Become a member of one of the world\u2019s largest procurement associations today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/\">Supplier Size Guidelines: Set In Stone?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Advanced Supply Management Tactics Applied: Customer Driven Design, Master Data &amp; Category Planning&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4993,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">Advanced Supply Management Tactics Applied: Customer-Driven Design, Master Data &amp; Category Planning<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=5\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Managing Supplier Performance&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4993,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">Managing Supplier Performance<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/r-e-s-p-e-c-t\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cR-E-S-P-E-C-T\u201d (Edit)\">R-E-S-P-E-C-T<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/my-purchasing-credentials\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cMy Purchasing Credentials\u201d (Edit)\">My Purchasing Credentials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><strong>NLPA Learning<\/strong><\/a>, the new home to all of our certifications and online courses. The Learning site also includes learning resources, including live and on-demand webinars, publications and reports, articles, templates, white papers, and much more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering whether the supplier size guidelines mentioned in \u201cSupplier Size: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,22,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement","category-procurement-processes","category-supply-chain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Supplier Size Guidelines: Set In Stone? - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Supplier Size Guidelines: Set In Stone?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wondering whether the supplier size guidelines mentioned in \u201cSupplier Size: [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NextLevelPurchasing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-05-27T14:26:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-28T11:26:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/nlpa-images-009.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1068\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Galo Matagay\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/72d094fab77892483dfa6e061cb27eaa\"},\"headline\":\"Supplier Size Guidelines: Set In Stone?\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-05-27T14:26:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-28T11:26:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/\"},\"wordCount\":217,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Procurement\",\"Procurement Processes\",\"Supply Chain\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/supplier-size-guidelines-set-in-stone\/\",\"name\":\"Supplier Size Guidelines: Set In Stone? 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