How does your company use cross-functional sourcing teams? To select vendors? To manage vendor partnerships? On-going basis or ad hoc? Broad or selective use of teams? What is your general evaluation of the sourcing team process in your company? Very productive, somewhat productive, not productive?

What is the greatest problem that you experience with your teams?
Lack of resources
Turnover
Inadequate training
Lack of team facilitation
Communications within team
Lack of clear team process
Other. Please describe:

Do you have global teams?
Yes
No

Who oversees/leads manages the teams?
Steering committee
Facilitator who is not a member of the team
Team leader from procurement function
Team leader from other function
Other. Please describe:

What kinds of functions are represented on your teams?
Procurement
Engineering
Marketing
Staff organizations. Please describe:
Other. Please describe:

Which of the following do you employ in your team processes?
Group norms
Rules/process for decision-making
Project plan
Role clarification
Team building activities
Other. Please describe:

Do your teams receive any training?
Yes. Please describe:   
No

Which of the following challenges have your cross-functional teams faced?

Difficulty in reaching consensus
Conflict that was difficult to resolve
Lack of common vocabulary
Uneven levels of commitment to the team
Fuzzy roles within the team
Hidden agendas
Other. Please describe:

In a short paragraph, please describe a specific incident or problem that occurred in one of your cross-functional teams.