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Purchasing Negotiation

Supplier Negotiation Strategies, Pt 3: Location Control Strategy

So we are talking about supplier negotiation strategies. This is a counter-intelligence series. Instead of talking about what strategies are in the purchasing arsenal, we are talking about what is in the supplier’s arsenal. In doing so, we will learn how to anticipate and respond to such tactics. It’s a critical skill. Recognize though that […]

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Purchasing Training – Supplier Negotiation Strategies, Pt 2 – “Puppy in the Window”

Puppy In The Window Trick OK, so this series is about counter-intelligence. In this context, that means knowing exactly what tactics and strategies suppliers like to use, and being able to anticipate, recognize, and diffuse those attempts. Mind you the goal is not for you to win so they can lose. The big name courses

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Supplier Negotiation Strategies, Pt 1: Nibbling

You’ve heard me say it many times before: I’ve virtually stopped reading books on purchasing negotiation strategies, mostly because there’s very few good ones. It’s why I wrote my own, and it’s also why I almost exclusively read sales books on negotiation strategies – to get counter intelligence. Counter intelligence. What a concept. It’s of

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Purchasing ~ Are Your Single/Sole Sourced Suppliers Price Gouging You?

I was presenting at an International Purchasing Conference in South America this week. This is for one of the organizations of the IFPSM – The International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management – and this organization is chartered to drive purchasing excellence for the entire region of South America. I was their headline speaker for

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Are You Buying Performance Results From Your Suppliers?

“Pays for Performance” Purchasing Training   Go look at your corporate contract templates. I can already see them in my mind: Goods, Services, Goods & Services, Construction, and Software. You might have some other boutique contract templates, but these are the standard norm for big companies. The problem is this: all of them are written

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Are You Smarter Than the People Selling To You?

Supply Chain Management Counter Intelligence   I think I’ve mentioned to you before that I’ve stopped reading purchasing books. At the risk of sounding arrogant, I don’t learn anything from them anymore, and haven’t in a long while. Heck, that’s why I started writing my own. So what I do now, actually what I’ve been

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Selecting Negotiation Team Members – Are You in Control of the Process?

Purchasing Negotiation Team Training   Are you struggling with too many people wanting to be a part of your negotiation team? People who feel like they have to be represented? I’m talking about the big-deal negotiations here. When it comes to negotiation team development, sometimes there are too many cooks in the kitchen, or worse

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Are You Managing Your “Under the Radar” Spends?

Purchasing & Supply Chain Management Training Managed Marketplaces   Purchasing professionals put so much energy into managing their top expenditure suppliers and contracts. Makes perfect sense, and that will probably never really change. However, I am increasingly seeing that purchasing is experiencing “death by a thousand cuts” by the suppliers and expenditures that don’t individually merit

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