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How One Buyer Used Red Teaming to Uncover Supplier Weaknesses
In this episode, host Lucas and Luna explore how a procurement manager at a mid-sized electronics firm used a red-teaming exercise to pressure-test her supplier's claims about capacity, quality, and financial health. The buyer, Sarah Chen, assembled a cross-functional team to simulate a competitor's tactics before a critical negotiation. They uncovered that the supplier had overstated its production capacity by 30 percent and was relying on a single subcontractor for a key component—information that would have remained hidden in a standard audit. Sarah used these insights to…
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