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Title: Buyer's Supplier's Relationship in Spot Buy, Regular Trading, Call off Contract, Fixed Contract, Partnership and Joint Venture
Description: Buyer's Supplier's Relationship in Spot Buy, Regular Trading, Call off Contract, Fixed Contract, Partnership and Joint Venture

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partnership approach:
How do you benefit?
For which three other of your purchase items could you envisage
developing a partnership?
What would make you ready/prevent you from doing this?

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Internal provision means making rather than buying
Gives you maximum control over
supply and reduces supply risk
But:
Developing or acquiring the capabilities to provide can be
very costly
Your fixed costs will increase
You may not reach an efficient scale of production
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Which approaches to supplier relationships does your company
use?
Type of relationship/contract

Approximate number of suppliers involved

Spot purchase
Regular trading
Call-off contracts
Fixed contracts
Partnerships
Joint ventures

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Supplier Perceptions
Develop

Core

Marginal
Exploit

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9-3

Supplier Perceptions
Exploit

Your level of purchases may be important but the supplier
sees no reason to develop a long-term relationship
The supplier will not make any particular effort or give you
priority
If the supplier is sure of your business it may exploit you by
raising prices
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9-5

Supplier Perceptions
Core
The supplier consider your company to be part of its
core business (in terms of current business as well as
development potential)
Suppliers will make a significant effort to sell to you
and to retain your business
This quadrant is suitable for partnerships
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9-7

The effect of Supplier Relationships
Being a good customer means:
Paying on time
Being efficient & effective
To avoid being “bothersome”
Having an “account manager” for the supplier
Responding swiftly to queries
Handling administrative formalities yourself
Being professional & ethical
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Develop

Marginal

Core

Bottleneck

Critical

Routine

Leverage

Exploit


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9-8b

Action Point

3
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9-9

your options
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Title: Buyer's Supplier's Relationship in Spot Buy, Regular Trading, Call off Contract, Fixed Contract, Partnership and Joint Venture
Description: Buyer's Supplier's Relationship in Spot Buy, Regular Trading, Call off Contract, Fixed Contract, Partnership and Joint Venture