{"id":2741,"date":"2022-06-09T14:02:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suplos.com\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2025-07-14T12:54:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T17:54:37","slug":"comparative-purchasing-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suplos.com\/en\/supply-management\/comparative-purchasing-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison chart: the differentiator between transactional and strategic"},"content":{"rendered":"

When companies criticize the work of the purchasing area and minimize its importance, there is nothing worse than sending or presenting a bad comparative table to the requesting area or the decision committee to stone the buyer's function. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who have the need, the task of the purchasing area is reduced to \"picking up the phone\" and requesting a quotation and deciding on the cheapest proposal, period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the sourcing area, they are aware of all the obstacles for a supplier to submit a good offer, such as having The bidding documents should be well defined, provide information that allows proposals under equal conditions, persuade the bidder to submit the bid on time, solve technical, commercial and financial doubts promptly, among others, <\/strong>but this text is not about that upstream problem, but the work that comes after and that is the consolidation of the offers received in a comparative table that allows to equalize, analyze, discuss and make the best decision about a purchase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Main characteristics of the comparative tables<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Execute the entire quotation process focused on consolidating the comparative table.<\/strong>The process should be thought of as the beginning of the process where everything that is sent and requested is aligned with the completion of the final format for comparison and comparison. not the other way around, where the request is made in any form and the supplier is left to use its own formats and then must interpret each offer and do the titanic task of consolidating.<\/strong> 
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    1. Unify the format for all supply managers,<\/strong> This generates benefits by sharing information, streamlines presentations and decision making and avoids headaches in audits. Giving unique guidelines, even in the colors of the format, allows to generate confidence in what has been developed by the purchasing area. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. The format must be universal and must be built as a whole.<\/strong> The system must contain all the fields necessary to make a decision. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Here is a template that you can use for your comparative tables. <\/strong>Download it here.<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        How to use the comparison chart template?<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

        The template has two sheets:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. To be completed by supplier<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          This is the only format that begins with the completion by the buyer with the necessary information for each supplier to correctly fill out its economic offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n