Here are nine steps to safer and more eco-friendly procurement.

November 2nd, 2010

The sourcing of quality safe retail products at the best market price is the most difficult job in retail and begs the question; what are the steps necessary to get started and where can we get more education?

Below are nine? great steps to? follow in order to drive safer and more eco-friendly procurement.

1.?Be pro-active in driving not for resale and for resale product safety within your company, and also supporting eco-standards in the procurement process.
2.?Pay it forward with all of your trading partners by sharing what you are doing, and asking what they do to support yours or similar initiatives.
3.?Educate your employees and trading partners about common safety standards and guidelines such as the SQF Certificate www.sqfi.com? and the Global Food Safety Initiative www.ciesnet.com.
4.?Educate your employees and trading partners about common eco-standards such as Green- Energy National Standard www.green-e.org or EcoLogo www.ecologo.org.?
5.?Point associates and trading partners to free educational websites such as www.safesourcing.com to use their free SafeSourcing Wiki or the Sourcebook professional social network for procurement professionals.
6.?Only use trading partners that follow your lead.
7.?Train your team to understand and use all available tools that insure supply chain safety such the free daily safety in sourcing blog at www.safesourcing.com? or the low cost SafeSourceIt Supplier Database and Reverse Auction Tools.
8.?Impose a system of measures and controls to monitor performance against clearly defined goals.
9.?Start at the top and engage all levels of your company.

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