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I think the risk that we run at this point is that over the last twelve to eighteen months
procurement organizations have been going out renegotiating their contracts with suppliers.
Lots of different techniques have been utilized to do that and in some cases we may run the
risk creating some ill will wit our suppliers and depending on how aggressive we have been
in the current environment and in really taking advantage of some of the deflationary pressures
that currently exists. Well I think that, you know, danger of opportunity, the opportunity
that we have is most folks have been going out there and really spending some time to
take some cost out of the relationships that do exist, you know, or other existing relationships
with suppliers and the danger that we run when the markets turn and, demands comes back
and depending on how fast that demand comes back, you know, supplies will tighten and
so the question is are you positioned well enough with those suppliers that you may have
gone out and restructure relationships from a cost stand point in a way to have them support
you when the demands comes back. I think the opportunity right now is to engage the suppliers
in other kinds of discussions other than, you know, taking costs out of the relationship.
I mean this is the time to get them involved in some of the future plans, in innovation,
demand generation types of activities etc. But is going to be very important to select
which suppliers you want to do that with, right. This is not something that you're going
to be doing with all the suppliers. Your going to be forging this with the most strategic
and the ones that you believe they have the biggest opportunity to help you there. But
this is the time to condition and to force those types of relationships. Suppliers are
open to that they certainly welcome discussion outside of some of the current discussions
they're having with most of their customers and so it's a great opportunity.