Sometimes, buyer training organizations forget the little, tactical things that buyers need to know that make a difference. Embarrassingly, I wish that we incorporated this little tidbit into our fundamentals of purchasing online training class.<\/p>\n
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Buyers and suppliers often speak to each other in part numbers. Miscommunicate or mishear the part number and there can be big, hairy, unnecessary problems.<\/p>\n
One little tool that I always found helpful in my buyer days was the phonetic alphabet. This is a standard way of communicating that helps ensure that \u201cT\u2019s\u201d aren\u2019t mistaken for \u201cB\u2019s\u201d and \u201cH\u2019s\u201d aren\u2019t mistaken for \u201c8\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n
It can also save time so you\u2019re not thinking \u201c\u2018P\u2019 as in, uh, well, um, \u2018Phish’\u201d or something else. You can just rattle off the part number \u201cPapa India Tango 123.\u201d<\/p>\n
So here is the tool that we, like every other buyer training organization, forgot to include in our fundamental training\u2026the phonetic alphabet.<\/p>\n
Alpha
\nBravo
\nCharlie
\nDelta
\nEcho
\nFoxtrot
\nGolf
\nHotel
\nIndia
\nJuliet
\nKilo
\nLima
\nMike
\nNovember
\nOscar
\nPapa
\nQuebec
\nRomeo
\nSierra
\nTango
\nUniform
\nVictor
\nWhiskey
\nXray
\nYankee
\nZulu<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not sure why I\u2019m having this flashback, but I hope that it helps some buyer somewhere out there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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