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Supplier Relationship Management - an Implementation Framework

(TEMPE, Arizona) September 8, 2011— CAPS Research releases a focus study research report "Supplier Relationship Management - an Implementation Framework." This research examines the integrated approach required to optimize supplier relationships. Leading firms hold the strong belief that improving supplier relationships will lead to improvement of buying (and selling) company performance, be it at the operations level or overall firm level in technology or innovation breakthroughs. Five key work streams are detailed (supply base rationalization with purchase family/supplier segmentation; supplier management; relationship management; buyer/supplier development; supplier performance measurement and management) and several case studies are presented. The study also highlights the significant resource commitment, infrastructure investment, stakeholder education, executive support, and patience required for the most effective supplier management environment.

The complimentary focus study "Supplier Relationship Management - an Implementation Framework" is available on the CAPS Research public website www.capsresearch.org. First time visitors will be prompted to register to access the study. For more information about this focus study or other reports, contact CAPS Research at research@capsresearch.org.

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Celebrating twenty-five years of research excellence! CAPS Research is a nonprofit research organization founded in 1986 to provide leading research to our strategic-minded corporate sponsors and to the public. Our mission is to work in partnership with a global network of executives and academics for the discovery and dissemination of strategic supply management knowledge and best practices. CAPS Research is jointly sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, the Institute for Supply Management™, and Global 1000/Fortune 500-size organizations.

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