Cutting the supply base isn't always such a good idea

摘要

Here is a question purchasing professionals could debate for hours if not days: Does it make sense, at a time when many companies are going bankrupt, to reduce your supply base?Supplier consolidation has been a mantra within the purchasing profession for a long time, and for good reason: Reducing the number of suppliers you deal with gives you more clout with the ones who make the cut, and enables you to spend more time developing closer relationships with those suppliers. In concept, that would be a best practice in anyone's book.