Optimizing procurement practices is extremely valuable, as it offers significant leverage by influencing many domains.

• It’s central to sustainability reporting and therefore one of the first priorities when it comes to compliance
• It becomes ever more essential for customer relations.
• It directly affects how sustainable laboratory processes can be when, for example, we consider the use phase of instruments and their energy, reagent, and sample consumption.

Still, given existing regulations, the need to adhere to GMP, and highly specified processes, switching suppliers can be challenging.

However, more sustainable alternatives are increasingly entering the market, and a growing number of suppliers are supporting more sustainable practices.

Therefore, the ultimate goal in this shift should be to stop treating sustainability as a separate questionnaire and instead make it part of supplier selection, contracting, and ongoing performance management.

The Core Challenge

Supplier Management

Concrete Tips for Requesting Data

Supplier Choice & Monitoring

Maintaining Momentum - Aligning with Internal Plans