Dave Stephens on supplier strategy

April 8, 2006

Dave Stephens has some great commentary on the role of the supplier in strategic execution.

His basic contention is that, as the cost of dealing with additional suppliers falls, buyers can contract with exactly the right supplier to serve their strategic goals. This may lead to an increase in the number of suppliers a company deals with but that is not a bad outcome because of the low incremental cost of dealing with each additional supplier.

I wonder how that will impact Vendor Management Offices / Sourcing departments?

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  • 1. Loselo  |  October 31, 2007 at 6:09 am

    I would like ti integrate vendor management processes with BEE compliance as well as monitoring supplier performance with regard to their BEE levels’ improvement.

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I am a vendor management specialist based in Sydney Australia.

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