Do you want to improve collaboration with your suppliers but are unsure where to start? In their latest research, Gartner® outlines the key steps for a strategic approach.
Download ‘The Journey to Effective Supplier Collaboration – Strategy Design’ from Gartner®. The research explains how your company can benefit from improved supplier collaboration regarding:
- Cost optimization
- Risk minimization
- Responsibility and sustainability
- Preferential treatment by suppliers
- Operational process improvements
- Revenue growth through supplier product innovations
Gartner® recommends several steps for achieving this. Beyond defining a strategy that helps attain the primary corporate goal, it is also important to involve internal stakeholders at an early stage of the strategic planning. Furthermore, divide suppliers into segments where the new strategy is then implemented in accordance with internal priorities. In addition to these and other valuable pieces of advice, the research also contains useful information pertaining to typical stakeholders and their relevance throughout strategic planning and development.
Download now “The Journey to Effective Supplier Collaboration – Strategy Design” from our website.
