Units/volume from small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that sold to the reporting organization during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used, including source of data.
This metric is intended to capture the total units or volume an organization purchased during the reporting period from suppliers that are small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Organizations that purchase different types of products/services should consider reporting separately against each different type of product/service.
Organizations may wish to use this metric in conjunction with Supplier Organizations: SME (PI9495). For a definition of SMEs, see the IRIS+ Glossary.
This is a submetric of Units/Volume Purchased from Supplier Organizations: Total (PI2019), which has 1 other related submetrics.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
No change.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
No change.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
New metric. Units/Volume Purchased from Supplier Organizations: SME (PI5473) was developed via the IRS Taxonomy Development Group.
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