Choosing Suppliers


Recent Choosing Suppliers Articles

Clean Up Your Logistics

By Howard Greenstein |  Feb 7, 2012

Packing, labeling, shipping, handling: It's all really expensive. Here's how one designer tackled shipping costs...by continuing to outsource its logistics.  Read more


How American Giant Hacked the Supply Chain

By Eric Markowitz |  Feb 1, 2012

Here's a short video explaining how American Giant is cutting out the middlemen and leveraging the Web to deliver what its customers want.  Read more


Outsourcing Don'ts Learned From Apple

By Erik Sherman |  Jan 19, 2012

The company's latest supplier responsibility report is out. And it's something every entrepreneur wanting to outsource should read.  Read more


How Well Do You Know Your Supplier?

By Rachel Hochhauser |  Oct 19, 2011

As you set your budget for 2012, it's a good time to take a fresh look at your suppliers and see if the relationship still works for you.  Read more


4 Questions Every Franchiser Should Ask

By Rachel Hochhauser |  Aug 24, 2011

Is your small business ready to expand? Here are four questions every franchiser should ask before taking the leap.  Read more


7 Tips for Rating and Evaluating Your Suppliers and Vendors

By Carolyn M. Brown |  Dec 30, 2010

Apply industry proven metrics for measuring and improving vendor performance to drive your business’s operations and profits.  Read more


Sales Tips from the World's Toughest Customers

By Kasey Wehrum |  Apr 1, 2010

Corporate procurement executives share their tips on how you can get a piece of their business.  View slideshow


When and How to Micromanage

By Joel Spolsky |  Dec 1, 2009

Managers today are taught not to micromanage their employees. But there comes a time in every business when you need to step in and master the details.  Read more


Renegotiate That Contract

By Alexandra Johnson |  Apr 20, 2009

Business owners toss previously-negotiated agreements out the window to bargain for reduced prices.  Read more


Let’s Get Visible: Supply Chain Technology

By Michelle V. Rafter |  May 1, 2008

A variety of technologies -- from software programs to hardware such as RFID -- now lets businesses see into their supply chain to ensure that the right reso...  Read more


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