{"id":2449,"date":"2008-05-16T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/05\/16\/managing-supplier-relationships\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T09:04:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:04:00","slug":"managing-supplier-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/managing-supplier-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Supplier Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that you have enjoyed the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/managing-supplier-relationships\/\">Skillfully Managing Supplier Relationships<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article, like several that I\u2019ve done over the past two years, was based on an accompanying podcast from the Purchasing &amp; Supply Management Podcast Series<sup><span style=\"font-size: 78%\">SM<\/span><\/sup>. So let me ask you about that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I enjoy doing the podcasts and want to do more and more. I feel like the value of the articles rises when there is an additional audio resource to go to for more information. And, with 15 podcasts as of right now, there are hours upon hours of educational material available\u2026for free!<\/p>\n<p>But, with about 75,000 PurchTips subscribers, there hasn\u2019t been much feedback despite lots of downloads. Are you listening to the podcasts? If so, are you finding value in them? Should I do more? Do you have any suggestions for future podcasts?<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t checked out any of the podcasts yet, definitely check out the latest one. I\u2019ve probed a senior purchasing executive for some tips to help you \u2013 it\u2019s hard to get that type of advice for free and so easily accessible!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Recommended Reading<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/supplier-management-strategy\/\">The Complete Supplier Management Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/supplier-management-strategy\/\">Supplier Management Strategy<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/supplier-management-metrics\/\">Supplier Management Metrics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\/strategic-supplier-management\/\">Strategic Supplier Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=33\">15 Rules for Ethical Supplier Interaction<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Assess Supplier Financial Risk<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/course\/view.php?id=5\">Managing Supplier Performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">Procurement Ethics Checklist\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\"><b>NLPA Learning<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b>\u00a0Looking for authoritative procurement templates, tools, webinars, and more? Stop trying to create resources from scratch and start taking advantage of having exactly what you need right at your fingertips in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com\/\">NLPA Learning<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that you have enjoyed the article Skillfully Managing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Managing Supplier Relationships \u2013 NLPA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Supplier management is the relationship formed between a buyer and supplier. 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