Twenty-five years ago supplier development was the hot topic in supply management. Corporations were starting to staff-up and offer assistance in improving supplier manufacturing efficiency. It wasn’t ...

At one point in my career, I got a call from an associate who had been appointed head of purchasing in another division of my company. The corporate vice president of supply management had suggested ...

Integrating your major suppliers into the new product development process can shorten development times and reduce risk. A strategy to perform such an integration effectively has to ensure suppliers ...

Last year changed how smart buyers evaluate software development vendors. Technical skills and certifications still matter, but if your request-for-proposal (RFP) template focuses primarily on these ...

Manufacturers: They are entities that create and sell products they produce. They often sell in bulk and might offer custom manufacturing services to suit specific ...

Petronas president and group CEO Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin (left) and Minister of International Trade and Industry Darell Leiking with representatives from the organisations that will ...

SJVN Limited successfully organized the Special Vendor Development Meet 2026 for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in New Delhi today. Sh. Bhupender Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, ...

Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) should organise vendor development programmes to get suppliers who specialise in the products that are required by the PSUs, S. Panikkaserry, director of ...

An interest rate of 15% a year. That was the rate (prime + 5%) we were offered by one of the big four SA banks on a R500,000 loan in 2008. We didn’t hear back from the other three. We needed the ...