![[Translate to English:] Leitfaden Lieferantenmanagement Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/9/csm_Leitfaden_Lieferantenmanagement_0aeed7723b.png "[Translate to English:] Leitfaden Lieferantenmanagement Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik")
Supplier management is a challenging task in purchasing. Increasingly, companies are networking their procurement management with the upstream stages of the supply chain.
This results in the need to structure supplier management professionally - as a decisive lever for the future viability of the company. The BME has addressed this topic in its guideline "Strategic Supplier Management".