{"id":3163,"date":"2012-02-06T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-06T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2012\/02\/06\/ethically-soliciting-using-supplier-ideas\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T08:21:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T12:21:22","slug":"ethically-soliciting-using-supplier-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/ethically-soliciting-using-supplier-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethically Soliciting &amp; Using Supplier Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope that you have enjoyed the article \u201cEthics &amp; Supplier Ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>The topic of suppliers bringing cost savings ideas to the table is one I could write volumes on. In fact, it was difficult to fit a conversation about the topic into the format I use for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/news\/purchasing-articles\">PurchTips articles<\/a>. But as I started thinking about the topic more, I realized that I could condense some guidelines even further into some simple do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of soliciting and using supplier ideas:<\/p>\n<p>Do\u2019s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do solicit supplier ideas. It is a growing expectation of professional procurement.<\/li>\n<li>Do give yourself the flexibility to select alternate proposals.<\/li>\n<li>Do stick to the rules that you set forth in your request for proposal (RFP).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019ts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t limit yourself to one way of doing things. Better ways may exist that you, your engineering team, your internal customers, or your company haven\u2019t discovered yet.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t share one supplier\u2019s idea with another supplier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There. 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