Metals Supplier Scorecard
A scorecard for metals suppliers turns quality, delivery, commercial and risk performance into a single monthly number you can defend in an award decision or a QBR.
Steel, aluminum and copper prices move daily with LME/CRU indices — a fixed metal price is almost always a losing bet for one side. Without a scorecard, metals awards drift toward incumbency and price, ignoring reliability and total cost.
SourcingHub generates a metals-specific scorecard template with weighted KPIs, tracks them over time, and flags underperformers before they become an escalation.
Fields every Metals supplier scorecard should cover
- Alloy, grade and form (coil, plate, bar)
- Annual tonnage and mill vs service center
- Base + extras + freight breakdown
- Index reference and reset frequency
- Yield loss and scrap credit
- Payment terms and consignment
How it works in SourcingHub
Choose the category — Metals — and SourcingHub loads the supplier scorecard template pre-tuned for it.
A 5-minute guided brief captures scope, volume and constraints. AI fills the blanks with category benchmarks.
Download the supplier scorecard as Word or Excel, or send it directly to suppliers from SourcingHub.
Frequently asked
For metals, weight quality and delivery (Index reference and reset frequency, Yield loss and scrap credit, Payment terms and consignment) more heavily than raw price — a cheap supplier that misses SLAs erodes savings fast.
Monthly is the norm for critical suppliers; quarterly is enough for tail-spend. SourcingHub can automate the data pull and email the scorecard to internal stakeholders.
Yes — sharing the scorecard turns it into a management tool instead of a scoreboard. Best practice is to review it jointly during QBRs and set corrective actions.
Start with 40% quality, 30% delivery, 20% commercial, 10% risk / compliance, and adjust based on category criticality. SourcingHub lets you tune weights and save them per category.
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