Master the delicate balance between getting optimal terms while maintaining a collaborative relationship with vendors. Preparation: Businesses must gather all pertinent information about their needs, ...

How would you sum up your vendor negotiations today? Are these negotiations bringing you added value, or are they leaving untapped potential on the table? Asking these critical questions can define ...

That time of year is upon us once again, and stress levels for Amazon vendors are starting to build. The arrival of spring means renegotiating your vendor terms with Amazon, which seem to grow ...

While vendors can share exciting stats, how can you make sure you’re getting the best deal possible with vendors? These 22 industry leaders share how they effectively negotiate with vendors. The ...

If there's one skill that usually gets short shrift in giving up-and-coming leaders valuable on-the job-experience, it's negotiating contracts with external partners. In some large corporations there ...

Recently we were engaged to assist a startup ecommerce company select a third-party logistics (3PL) company. The merchant swore up and down to the prospective it had commitments from Amazon, Walmart ...

These are tough times for IT. There are less people and resources to get things done, budgets are shrinking and everyone still expects the same levels of service and functionality. Something has to ...

Wedding planning is supposed to be exciting, but the process can quickly become stressful as budgets grow tight. According to the 2017 Real Weddings Study from The Knot, an online resource for wedding ...

Does your company need to install AI functionality into its systems? Are you receiving AI models from vendors without knowing about it? Companies are confronted with both procurement of a new ...

Protecting student data is getting harder to do at the same time the legal and ethical imperatives to do it are becoming more urgent. Key to this problem are vendor negotiations, and securing data ...