Suppliers Quotes

• Only recently have people begun to recognise that working with suppliers is just as important as listening to customers.

  Barry Nalebuff

  People, Listening, Important

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• Everyone is a customer for somebody, or a supplier to somebody.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Management, Customers

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• In a very real sense, there are only two roles in organisations: customers and suppliers. Everybody functions simultaneously in both roles, whether inside or outside the organisation the essence of good business, therefore, is the quality of the relationship between customer and supplier.

  Stephen Covey

  Real, Essence, Two

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness”, p.226, Simon and Schuster

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• You must have a supplier relationship of constant improvement.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Management, Improvement, Constant

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• Let us ask our suppliers to come and help us to solve our problems.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Helping, Management, Problem

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• We like people who are honest. Honest in argument, honest with clients, honest with suppliers, honest with the company - and above all, honest with consumers.

  David Ogilvy

  People, Clients, Honest

  David Ogilvy (2012). “The Unpublished David Ogilvy”, p.105, Profile Books

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• To have a healthy and thriving business, there must be healthy relationships with the C.E.O.S. in the organization and I'm not referring to the Chief Executive Offficers. I am talking about the Customers, the Employees, the Owner (or stockholders), and the Suppliers.

  James Hunter

  Talking, Organization, Healthy

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• If I am selling to you, I speak your language. If I am buying, dann müssen sie Deutsch sprechen.

  Willy Brandt

  Understanding, Germany, Demand

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• More and more companies are reaching out to their suppliers and contractors to work jointly on issues of sustainability, environmental responsibility, ethics, and compliance.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Responsibility, Issues, Environmental

  Simon Mainwaring (2011). “We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World”, p.126, Macmillan

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• In most cases, preferred supplier contracts contain volume commitments that, if not met, could jeopardize the entire contract and cost the company millions in lost discounts based on nonperformance. This is precisely why compliance with preferred vendors and contracted rates is critical.

  Jeff Pulver

  Commitment, Cost, Lost

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• Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality.

  Peter Drucker

  Believe, Giving, Quality

  Peter Drucker (2014). “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, p.244, Routledge

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• Food is a product of supply and demand, so try to figure out where the supplies are fresh, the suppliers are creative, and the demanders are informed.

  Tyler Cowen

  Creative, Trying, Demand

  Tyler Cowen (2012). “An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies”, p.25, Penguin

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• We believe that there is no greater power in the world than the force of a great idea. We believe that people are the lifeblood of every organization. We believe that the best companies are true meritocracies, where people rise and fall through their own contributions, not through game playing or politics. We believe that work isn't simply a paycheck; it is the ultimate expression of a fully realized self. We believe that a company's obligations extend far beyond its bottom line and its shareholders - to a wider constituency that includes employees, customers, suppliers, and the community.

  John A. Byrne

  Business, Believe, Fall

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• A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers.

  Harvey Mackay

  Gratitude, Appreciation, Attitude

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• Im either running from life or im just waiting to die im the supplier or fire if you chasing a high.

  T.I.

  Running, Fire, Waiting

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• Having a situation where you have got in conflict with your suppliers all the time is not a great place to be.

  Ian McLeod

  Conflict, Situation

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.

  Tony Scott

  Organization, Rely, Whole

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• So much business is based on the belief that we should do whatever we can within legal limits to make as much money as we can. Ben & Jerry's was based on values, and we try to operate a business that not just sells ice cream but partners with all our stakeholders - whether that's suppliers or customers - to bring about a more sustainable world.

  Jerry Greenfield

  Ice Cream, Trying, World

  "Ice-cream icon Jerry Greenfield shares his top tips for business startups". Interview with Matthew Jenkin, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2013.

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• When you're a young talent, and you want to launch your brand, you always have tons of questions: Where should I produce? Should I launch a second line? Should I do shoes, accessories? If you have someone who can coach you and give you advice and help you find the right supplier, it's a big help.

  Delphine Arnault

  Shoes, Giving, Advice

  "Delphine Arnault Rising". Interview with Miles Socha, wwd.com. April 14, 2014.

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• We’ve got customers. We’ve got suppliers. We’ve got employees. We’ve got unions. We’ve got communities. We’ve got all of these things that go into making up whether a business succeeds or fails.

  Gerry Schwartz

  Community, Unions, Succeed

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• The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain - stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment - over the long term.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Organization, Long, Community

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• You must not only focus on the consumer, but also on what it does to you internally - getting people aligned to the strategic mission of the company - what it does to the suppliers, governments, all your stakeholders.

  Martin Sorrell

  Government, People, Focus

  Source: www.formula1.com

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• We've now become conscious of the uncalculated social, economic, and environmental costs of that kind of "unconscious" capitalism. And many are beginning to practice a form of "conscious capitalism," which involves integrity and higher standards, and in which companies are responsible not just to shareholders, but also to employees, consumers, suppliers, and communities. Some call it "stakeholder capitalism."

  Patricia Aburdene

  Business, Integrity, Practice

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• Once the government becomes the supplier of people's needs,
  there is no limit to the needs that will be claimed as a basic right.

  Lawrence Auster

  Government, People, Needs

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• Distributed print is arguably our biggest challenge as a machinery supplier, as more publishers find efficiencies in transferring print production to remote printers and supersites. But our signature Goss flexibility and adaptability allow us to meet that challenge head-on with relevant technologies, services and expertise that continue to provide customers with an edge.

  Eric Bell

  Technology, Challenges, Signatures

  "Eric Bell is Director of Marketing Services at Goss International". Interview with Charlotte Janischewski, www.wan-ifra.org. October 13, 2011.

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