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How One Buyer Turned Supplier Risk Into a Competitive Advantage
Episode 26 of The Buyer's Side. Lucas and Luna drill into a specific case: how a mid-sized manufacturer used a supplier self-assessment portal to surface critical risks before they became crises. The company asked 47 suppliers to complete a standardized risk questionnaire covering financial health, geopolitical exposure, and single-point-of-failure dependencies. The result? They identified a Tier-2 supplier in Taiwan that accounted for 60 percent of a key component's capacity and was operating at 10 percent margin. By intervening early with a prepayment and dual-sourcing plan, they…
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