Criteria for Vendor Selection:
1. Product availability – full range of products
2. COMPETITIVE PRICING, discounts, financing & credit options
3. ACCURACY of filling orders
4. FILL RATE – frequency of out-of-stock situations
5. DELIVERY schedule – same or next day, 5+ days/wk.
6. Consistent, on-time delivery
7. Returned goods policies
8. Product placement and merchandising advice
9. Value-added services – backorders, drop ships, bar-coded shelf labels
10. Track and trace capability
11. Technology – order entry devices and software