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The Sourcing Hero Podcast: Episode 101 After all of the turbulence of the last few years, relationships between procurement and suppliers...

In my last post, we saw how digital platforms, such as Inspectorio, are changing the way that retailers, brands, and suppliers...

My goal is to leave you with a framework you can use to: (1) review new ideas you hear about, and (2) evaluate the companies who deliver...

In the next few articles, I will share my thoughts on how sourcing is likely to change over the next few years..

But lists alone won’t lead you to a vetting victory. Finding an ideal supplier isn’t as easy, linear, or rote as asking a question...

Vetting prospective suppliers is part art, part science. To do it well, you’ll need to navigate in the gray and calculate in black and white

As part of your vetting, you’ve asked your prospective supplier some questions, as well as a few more and a few more. But now what?

Before you vet, take some time to clearly define what you expect in terms of production (or what your customers will expect...

So now, it’s time to learn what the supplier does. This means you’ll examine: (1) the supplier’s product development process, and...

When you know who your supplier is, what they do, and how they do it, you’ll not only help keep your business on track...

Building transparency into your supplier matrix is not for the faint of heart. It takes time, it takes effort, and it takes dialogue.

This assessment will help you: (1) set expectations to improve supplier results, or (2) make the decision to part ways.

In this article, you’ll discover how to translate those values into measures of supplier success.

You have an incredible amount of influence in building the supplier matrix that will drive maximum value for your business.

The work I do and love is called as “Supplier Relationship Management” (SRM), helpfully defined by Wikipedia as: “The discipline of strategi