It is key to harnessing and moving away from transactional relationships to partnering with suppliers for end to end process improvement.
Collaboration is crucial for achieving flexibility and demand centric Production.
Making mid-long term commitment and sharing strategic plans is important for investment and capacity planing.
Sustainability has a cost in the short term, but in the long run, it provides vital financial and moral gains beyond what is imagined for both people and businesses.
Therefore; In order for all these efforts to continue and not to be wasted, costs should be taken into consideration, and the scores of the suppliers should be included in the table when comparing the prices.
