The Procurement And Supply-chain Benchmarking Association (PASBA™) is currently a free association of procurement and supply chain organizations within major corporations. PASBA™ conducts benchmarking studies to identify practices that improve the overall operations of the members.

PASBA™ Mission

To identify "Best in Class" procurement and supply chain business processes, which, when implemented, will lead member companies to exceptional performance.

Benchmarking

Benchmarking is a performance measurement tool used in conjunction with improvement initiatives; it measures comparative operating performance of companies and identifies the "best practices."

Benchmarking creates value by

• Focusing on key performance gaps;
• Identifying ideas from other companies;
• Creating a consensus to move an organization forward;
• Making better decisions from a larger base of facts.

PASBA™ Objectives

• To conduct benchmarking studies of important procurement and supply chain processes.
• To create a cooperative environment where full understanding of the performance and enablers of "best in class" procurement and supply chain processes can be obtained and shared at reasonable cost.
• To use the efficiency of the association to obtain process performance data and related best practices from regarding procurement and supply chain.
• To support the use of benchmarking to facilitate procurement and supply chain process improvement and the achievement of accuracy, timeliness and efficiency.

PASBA™ Benefits

• PASBA utilizes Benchmarking to assist its members as they shift to a supply chain perspective.

• The Association is open to ideas from members to make PASBA a world class group to provide valuable assistance to support the members.

• PASBA will offer to conduct benchmarking studies on topics of interest to the membership. Members will be given the opportunity to rank proposed topics and to suggest topics of their own.

• Association studies are offered to the membership as a whole with costs divided.
• Single Company sponsored studies addressing the interest of one member company can be offered to other selected members for no fee. (inquiries welcomed)

PASBA™ Membership

Benefits of Membership

Studies:

• Consortium studies are offered to the membership as a whole with costs divided.
  
• Single company sponsored studies addressing the interest of one member company can be offered to other selected members for no fee.

• Research - Access public and private databases.

• Identify study participants - Top companies in procurement and supply chain.

• Collect data - Manage response collection with the participants as a third party.

• Lead site visits - Structured with best participants.

Roundtables:
Interest group roundtables will be organized throughout the year. Members will pay a nominal fee to join real and virtual roundtable discussions that address specific procurement and supply chain processes.

Cost: Currently, membership in PASBA™ is FREE!  Costs of studies are shared by the participants.