Lastly, we found from this year’s data that it’s important for us to refer back to our CSR/environmental/compliance commitments more frequently when working with our partners, so we know that is an area to target as well. Our 2021 Company Report identified other opportunities, such as committing to capacity in advance and pulling together an integrated vendor scorecard, and I’m really looking forward to diving into these in the year ahead. In our 2021 Scorecard, we did well in planning and forecasting, improving on our 2019 score and scoring above the industry average, but it was still the most mentioned area for potential improvement, so we are definitely going to put some focus there. In 2019, we learned that our vendors felt an integrated scorecard would be helpful, so we’re in the process of developing one to rollout in 2022. Our product development and sourcing teams are all well aware of the results and know that we want to target underperforming areas for improvement. One thing we absolutely have done with the results is share them broadly across internal stakeholders. For example, our results indicated that a balanced vendor scorecard would be helpful to our global partners and that is something we’re working really hard to pull together in the year ahead. Now that our marketplace is recovering from COVID we’re going to lean on our Better Buying TM results to help identify and prioritize some of our key improvement initiatives. We began our partnership in 2019 and received our first set of scores in early 2020.
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Honestly, we’re still trying to figure out how to best use the resources that Better Buying TM provides. How do you use Better Buying’s tools and resources to support your business goals? Better Buying TM acts as that tool for us, helping us verify our purchasing practices from our supplier’s perspective. But we also understand they can only do that if we are equally responsible for our actions, and how we do business with them.
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SanMar expects all our suppliers and factories to operate in full compliance with local laws and regulations and to adhere to SanMar’s Global Operating Principle (our Code of Conduct). We particularly like the totally anonymous nature of Better Buying TM as it makes sure there is no pressure on vendors to be anything other than completely open in their reviews of us. Why did you decide to engage with Better Buying TM?īecause we believe in strong, fair partnerships with our factories and we want to make sure we’re doing everything we can to help our vendors succeed.Īt SanMar, we believe business is personal and Better Buying TM is a remarkable tool, helping us gain insights into how we can be a better partner to our global vendor base. and to enable our customers who are often touchstones in their communities.
SanMar’s vision is to create “a canvas for good.” We use blank apparel as our canvas to improve the lives of more than 100,000 people around the world, to positively impact our employees in the U.S. We supply apparel and accessories to screen printers, embroiderers, promotional products distributors, athletic dealers, industrial launderers and more, whether they are outfitting a Fortune 500 corporation or the local bowling team.
Tell us briefly who SanMar are, and what you do?įamily-owned since 1971, SanMar Corporation is a national supplier of 21 retail, private label and mill brands. We talk to Pat Noonan, Chief Product Officer of Better Buying TM subscriber SanMar Corporation, on how working with Better Buying TM is supporting the company to live up to its motto, of being “a canvas for good” around the World “Words are one thing, but concrete actions – like partnering with Better Buying TM – really help demonstrate to our partners that we’re ‘walking the talk.’”
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