ivalua

JUNE 6, 2019

If this foundation does not exist or if it is shaky, then buyers don’t know how much the company is spending with a given supplier, let alone how they can improve the efficiency or impact of a given spend category. Direct spend suppliers are large, global, and absolutely critical to the company’s operations and their competitive advantage.

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Supplier Automotive Supply Chain Data 40

ivalua

MAY 18, 2022

When it comes to the nature of buyer-supplier relationships, we’re entering a brave, new world. To top it all off, extremely tight supply markets have further shifted negotiating leverage from buyers to suppliers. As with transparency, the key to maximizing value here is to enable broad and deep collaboration.

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Supplier Management Collaboration Supply Chain 52

Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The approach is unusual but not unprecedented — in 1975 the government outlawed what was viewed as abusive sales tactics by the automotive industry by creating so-called “lemon laws” that gave new rights to car buyers stuck with inherently defective automobiles.

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Accountability Automotive Government Contracts Buyers 64