Im afraid this is more of a ISO 9001:2008 question than anything else but we have been issued a non-conformance with regards to the following two points:

The process and frequency for re-evaluation of suppliers needs to be defined.

More flexibility in defining the routes for supplier approval e.g. historical performance is needed.

We issue a questionaire to our key suppliers to complete as means to an evaluation but have not established or defined how to carry out re-evaluation. Can anyone advise on a simple way to do this?

Because of the nature of our business (Transport) we also sometimes need to use suppliers that could be classed as key but at very short notice (within 24 hours) as a one off operation, do they also need to go on our key suppliers list and how would we evaluate them at such short notice.

Thanks for any help you can offer.