http://360vendormanagement.com/2008/03/13/vendors-or-partners/ Best Practices in Outsourcing, Vendor Management, ROI, and Improved Performance Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:42:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://360vendormanagement.com/2008/03/13/vendors-or-partners/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Jeff Gordon Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:35:41 +0000 http://360vendormanagement.com/2008/03/13/vendors-or-partners/#comment-142 Um, this one is simple. Vendors are NEVER partners. In order for a partnership to exist, both parties have to be working together for a common goal. In most cases, as the buyer is seeking a solution and the vendor is seeking money, the partnership fallacy is an illusion created by the vendor and supported by the buyer. This illusion is supported because the buyers don't want to think that they're getting screwed. So they buy-in because it feels better. :) Um, this one is simple. Vendors are NEVER partners. In order for a partnership to exist, both parties have to be working together for a common goal. In most cases, as the buyer is seeking a solution and the vendor is seeking money, the partnership fallacy is an illusion created by the vendor and supported by the buyer. This illusion is supported because the buyers don’t want to think that they’re getting screwed. So they buy-in because it feels better.

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