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How One Buyer Used Supplier Diversification to Beat a Copper Shortage
Episode 19 of The Buyer's Side looks at how a mid-sized automotive parts manufacturer avoided a production shutdown when copper prices spiked and supply tightened in early 2026. Lucas and Luna walk through the buyer's playbook: mapping single-source dependencies, qualifying secondary suppliers in Vietnam and Mexico, and restructuring contracts to include volume flexibility. They discuss the cost of qualification — roughly $80,000 per new supplier — and how the company recouped that in six months through avoided downtime. The episode also touches on geopolitical risk, inventory…
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