Supplier evaluation criteria for special projects: differences from standard products

Abstract

Purchase executives in India were asked through a mail survey to rate 65 different suppliers attributes in regard to their importance for the purchase of standard and special products. While the standard products were of the same items, the special products would be defined as any product which is modified, adjusted or made according to the specific requirements of a customer. In all 173 purchase executives from a cross-section of Indian manufacturing industry responded to the questionnaire. The present paper presents data on the importance of these supplier attributes in the purchase of special products and compare these data with the ratings given by these executives to the importance of these attributes in the case of standard products.