Supplier Collaboration Podcast Series - Part 1: Engaging Key Suppliers 

The Institute of Supplier Collaboration has produced a series of three podcasts, which you can find on the Institute's website here. The first podcast, is "Engaging Key Suppliers" with Sundeep Maini. In it, he defines "supplier collaboration," describes how manufacturers can benefit from taking a collaborative approach, speaks to the status of collaboration and obstacles to instituting, and provides guidance starting a supplier collaboration program. Among other topics, Sundeep explains how engaging key suppliers is completely dependent on the relationships you make with them. Without a base of trust, you can never fully engage your suppliers.

Stay tuned for our post on the next podcast, discussing key benefits and strategies for "Fostering Relationships," which goes into more detail describing a supplier collaboration process developed after months of benchmarking leading corporations and consultancies. I think you'll learn a lot! The podcast series completes with part three "Competing Globally," which describes how collaboration fits into a company's global sourcing program.

NOTE: At CGN, our consultants are encouraged to point their clients to the ISC website, where they can view material and take the survey to understand where they stand relative to a world-class collaboration program.

-Jim Tarabori, Director, Institute for Supplier Collaboration