What KPIs should be considered to measure the performance of a third-party procurement and materials management provider?

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Program Manager II in Healthcare and Biotech6 months ago

For procurement, you can use the Purchase order accuracy rate, total cost of procurement per unit, supplier lead time to deliver the material/goods/parts, purchase requisition cycle time, any maverick spend etc.

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Sr. Director of P2P in Software6 months ago

The same as for internal teams.

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