- Setting up an [removed] program with your suppliers with specific KPIs set from the onset and looked at again every quarter.
- Work with your carriers and continually invite more into the mix and make sure you work with the carrier to beget a more fruitful, and cost sustainable relationship.
- Network with possible affiliate partners to create holistic solutions for your customer base based on feedback (can apply to technology improvements too.)
- Invest in your employees so they are aware of how the supply chain and logistics processes work with the whole company. In most companies, the failure or success of the organization depends heavily on the successful supply chain and logistics operations. In “radical” collaboration, if you have the 5 above tenets (and the below 15 ways to improve a relationship at heart) you create a culture in your business of continual improvement and this allows for innovations in both products and processes from your people.
- Hold a Supplier Day?
15 things to do in order to improve a relationship