Juli Lassow
Maximizing the Value of Strong Supplier Partnerships
The Sourcing Hero Podcast: Episode 101 After all of the turbulence of the last few years, relationships between procurement and suppliers...
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Juli Lassow
- Nov 26, 2018
- 3 min
Advancing the Cause of Sustainability (and Digitizing It, Too)
In my last post, we saw how digital platforms, such as Inspectorio, are changing the way that retailers, brands, and suppliers...
Juli Lassow
- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
Digitization in the Supply Chain
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...
Juli Lassow
- Oct 31, 2018
- 3 min
Sourcing of the Future
In the next few articles, I will share my thoughts on how sourcing is likely to change over the next few years..
Juli Lassow
- Oct 12, 2018
- 2 min
Moving Forward
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...
Juli Lassow
- Oct 5, 2018
- 3 min
Vetting Prospective Suppliers: Red Flags
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
Juli Lassow
- Oct 2, 2018
- 2 min
The Unfair Competitive Advantage
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?
Juli Lassow
- Sep 21, 2018
- 3 min
The Quality of Your Partners
Before you vet, take some time to clearly define what you expect in terms of production (or what your customers will expect...
Juli Lassow
- Sep 14, 2018
- 2 min
Who’s Your Maker?
So now, it’s time to learn what the supplier does. This means you’ll examine: (1) the supplier’s product development process, and...
Juli Lassow
- Sep 7, 2018
- 3 min
Supplier Vetting, Made Easy
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...
Juli Lassow
- Aug 24, 2018
- 2 min
New World Order of Transparency
Building transparency into your supplier matrix is not for the faint of heart. It takes time, it takes effort, and it takes dialogue.
Juli Lassow
- Aug 10, 2018
- 3 min
What Gets Measured, Gets Improved
This assessment will help you: (1) set expectations to improve supplier results, or (2) make the decision to part ways.
Juli Lassow
- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
The Definition of Success (Metrics)
In this article, you’ll discover how to translate those values into measures of supplier success.
Juli Lassow
- Jul 27, 2018
- 2 min
Know Thy Matrix, Know Thyself
You have an incredible amount of influence in building the supplier matrix that will drive maximum value for your business.
Juli Lassow
- Jul 20, 2018
- 1 min
Supplier Matrix-Building for Businesses
The work I do and love is called as “Supplier Relationship Management” (SRM), helpfully defined by Wikipedia as: “The discipline of strategi
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