The Next Generation of Best Practices in Managing Supplier Relationships

Published on: November 05, 2005
Abstract

The Next Generation of Best Practices in Managing Supplier Relationships: Innovations from the World’s Best Run Companies

Webinar

When

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
12:00 Noon EST/9:00 AM PST

Findings from ChainLink’s research with the best performing companies in the world on how they manage their suppliers for competitiveness and more rapid innovation:

  • Outcome Sourcing — Moving from buying things to buying results/outcomes
  • Total Cost Sourcing — Innovations in making sourcing decisions based on total impact to the business
  • Managing Across Multiple Tiers — Consolidating spend and coordinating suppliers across an N-Tier supply chain… and more!

Learn how these advanced practices were put into actual practice, including the challenges, limitations, and results.

Speaker

Bill McBeath
Chief Research Officer
ChainLink Research

Moderated by

Ann Grackin
Chief Executive Officer
ChainLink Research

ChainLink Research
Harvard Square Center
124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 200N
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-762-4040

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