{"id":2769,"date":"2009-12-01T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T05:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2009\/12\/01\/sole-source-situations-prevention-is-just-as-important-as-negotiation\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T06:27:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T10:27:31","slug":"sole-source-situations-prevention-is-just-as-important-as-negotiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/sole-source-situations-prevention-is-just-as-important-as-negotiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sole Source Situations: Prevention Is Just As Important As Negotiation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that you\u2019ve enjoyed the article \u201cSole Source Situations: Eradicate Them!\u201d One of the things that seems to attract purchasing professionals to our online class, \u201cPowerful Negotiation For Successful Buying,\u201d is the fact that we teach techniques for negotiating in sole source situations.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>And knowing how to negotiate in sole source situations is vitally important. But anyone who has negotiated in a sole source situation before knows that it isn\u2019t something they exactly want to make a habit of.<\/p>\n<p>So, prevention of these situations is of equal importance compared to negotiating in them. I think that the article gives some actionable tips and so does the podcast on which the article is based.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, the podcast \u2013 entitled \u201cThe Finer Points of Strategic Procurement\u201d \u2013 was so packed with great tips that there will be multiple articles based on it. 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