Pigeonholing suppliers
25 March 2008 | Steve Bagshaw
The SM team stumbled across a press release today in which a firm graded its suppliers in elaborately named categories.
They were as follows…
Golden suppliers – vendors who don’t bargain over prices and only produce goods with their own branding.
Royal suppliers – will produce goods to any quality, labelled with the customer’s brand.
Black horse suppliers – quote the lowest price possible, label to a customer’s requirements, but provide lower quality products unless tested.
What can be gained from pigeonholing suppliers?
Have you ever attributed a quirky name to a group of similar suppliers?
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