Analysis of small and middle size enterprises approaches to suppliers

This paper is focused on problems of small and middle size enterprises with suppliers and especially with vendors rating. Paper is based on research in 157 small and middle size enterprises, which was concerned on supply chain and logistic metrics. More than 66 % of respondents cooperated with 10 or less key suppliers, which are annually confronted with offers of competitive enterprises. The three most important indicators using for vendors rating are price of deliveries, quality and suppliers responsibility.