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That said, I concede that Pierre made some very good points about the confusion created by the traditional upstream/downstream, linear way of thinking about sourcing and supplier management. I’m going with Supplier Value Management. Let’s get busy working on Supplier Value Management.
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government’s supplier base. contractors in the procurement proceedings, shall declare whether the participation of suppliers or contractors in the procurement proceedings is limited,” and any “such declaration may not later be altered.” Both the European Union ( Directive 2014/24/EU , Art.
That said, I concede that Pierre made some very good points about the confusion created by the traditional upstream/downstream, linear way of thinking about sourcing and supplier management. I’m going with Supplier Value Management. Let’s get busy working on Supplier Value Management.
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