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Managing external partners has become a critical part of doing business today. As companies expand and rely more on outsourcing, the risks tied to outside vendors grow larger. Businesses can face ...

Selecting the right vendors and properly managing vendor relationships can help protect your company from damages and long-term losses. As more work is outsourced to specialized vendors, companies ...

Vendor management is the process of controlling costs, driving service excellence and mitigating risks to gain increased value from vendors throughout the deal life cycle. This strategy is crucial in ...

Brex reports nine strategies for effective vendor negotiations, emphasizing preparation, relationship-building, and ...

According to the 2016 Strategic Partner Index Survey (produced by the CIO Executive Council and IDC), IT buyers and vendors need to forge relationships of trust and collaboration. Failure to partner ...

As a result of some recent sweeping changes in vendor management and risk management, enterprises must recognize and address the complex legal issues that are bound to come up when working with ...

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Outsourcing the management of outsourcers has been a controversial approach in the past, but the increased demands of IT service management may be too much for some IT groups to handle themselves.

In the pharmaceutical industry, a vendor refers to an external entity or supplier that provides goods, materials, services, or specialized expertise to pharmaceutical companies. These vendors play a ...