Week 42 – Manage Suppliers Better With Operations Science (3 of 3)

African American supplier and Caucasian customer shaking hands in front of a bridge labeled “Operations Science,” symbolizing collaboration and mutual success through supply chain management using operations science.

Once a supplier’s supplier’s strengths and weaknesses are understood from operations science-based analysis, supply chain managers can bring price into the conversation and much more easily establish a productive and mutually profitable relationship as we demonstrate.