I’m sure this kind of thing must happen at larger companies, but I don’t remember ever hearing about such a thing before.
A what, you ask? A Supplier Conference. From the customer’s email:
Please join us as we review our 2008 successes and our plans for 2009. Spend the day with our executive, purchasing, engineering, and manufacturing teams to discuss how together we can achieve world-class pricing, quality, and collaboration. In focused breakout sessions, we will discuss XXX projects to help you better align your product and service offerings with our needs.
It makes perfect sense. Make your vendors partners. Give them a chance to schmooz with your staff. Let them talk to each other, too.
Have I been working under a rock to not have seen such a thing before?
(Imagine the vendor chatter at such an event where the customer practices reverse-auctions and other cost-down activities. LOL.)
I like this idea, and I have never seen it either. I worked for a manufacturing company several years ago where this would have been briliant.
I like this idea, and I have never seen it either. I worked for a manufacturing company several years ago where this would have been briliant.