{"id":2094,"date":"2005-10-19T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-19T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2005\/10\/19\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2021-07-28T07:22:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T11:22:53","slug":"2005-supplier-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2005 Supplier of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next Level Purchasing teaches the value of managing supplier performance in general and, specifically, the value of rewarding those suppliers who perform well. And we practice what we preach.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>We recently announced our winner of our 2005 Supplier of the Year Award \u2013 Karen Oakley Designs out of Hewitt, Texas. Here\u2019s what I had to say in our press release:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA business image is a key growth factor,\u201d said Charles Dominick, C.P.M., SPSM, president of Next Level Purchasing. \u201cKaren Oakley Designs has helped Next Level Purchasing brand our image with its top-quality design work. In addition, Karen Oakley Designs\u2019 service and commitment to customer satisfaction is second-to-none in any industry. Next Level Purchasing is proud to honor Karen Oakley Designs as our 2005 Supplier of the Year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Too often, purchasing professionals get caught up in dealing with the suppliers that are involved in operational crises. It is important to also give plenty of attention to those suppliers that help you succeed day in and day out. Contrary to what you may think, it doesn\u2019t take much time nor much money.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I\u2019ll detail the simple process we used in a future edition of PurchTips.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, don\u2019t forget to thank your excellent suppliers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Level Purchasing teaches the value of managing supplier performance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2005 Supplier of the Year - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2005 Supplier of the Year\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Next Level Purchasing teaches the value of managing supplier performance [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NextLevelPurchasing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-10-19T14:06:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-28T11:22:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/nlpa-images-134.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"962\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Galo Matagay\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/72d094fab77892483dfa6e061cb27eaa\"},\"headline\":\"2005 Supplier of the Year\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-10-19T14:06:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-28T11:22:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Procurement\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/2005-supplier-of-the-year\/\",\"name\":\"2005 Supplier of the Year - 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