Tactics Must Be Matched with Strategy

Despite the lack of total leverage, the number of suppliers is consolidated and whatever volume is available redistributed among the smaller number of sources. Transportation costs are reduced as buyers work with fewer suppliers to cut shipment costs, and some effort is made to standardize specifications to further enlarge the potential purchases by category. Order entry and management are discussed and some effort made 

Product value analyses becomes a feature of the evolving relationships with the most important suppliers. Joint design efforts begin as the partners look at optimizing the total lifecycle costs. Key suppliers participate in 

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Strategic Siwly Management must be supported by technologies that provide flexfcility, high visfcility into spend, process, performance and TCP information.  

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