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Supplier management

Leverage, supplier preferencing and building relationships that deliver.

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  • Supplier management

    Attractiveness and leverage: the supplier preferencing matrix

    With Paul Gulston

    How suppliers see your account, and what that means for your leverage as a buyer.

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  • Inventory

    The bullwhip effect

    With Paul Gulston

    Why small changes in demand grow larger as they travel up the supply chain.

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  • Negotiation

    Matching negotiation styles and maintaining a balance

    With Paul Gulston

    Adapting to the other side's style, reading leverage, and using hypothetical questions.

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