Supply Chain Best Practices

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Ever ghost a friend and then ask them for a ride to the airport? That’s how some companies treat their suppliers. Bad move. Communication is the duct tape of the supply chain world.

If you only call your vendor when something is on fire, they’ll start answering with “sorry, we’re busy.” Instead, send a quick “hey, everything okay?” text (okay, an email) once in a while. It builds trust.

One factory owner told me, “I’d rather deliver late to a yelling customer than to a polite one who lied to me.” Say less, my friend. Say less.

Have a Backup Plan (Not Just a Hopeful Prayer)

Remember that time you packed for a beach vacation and it snowed? That’s called zero contingency. In supply chain, it’s worse. You can’t just shrug when your only parts factory floods because a pigeon sneezed on a power line.

Smart companies have a Plan B—and a Plan C. They keep a second supplier on speed dial, even if they never use them. Think of it like having a spare tire in your trunk. You hope you never need it, but when you’re stuck on the side of the road at midnight, it’s a beautiful piece of rubber.

And no, “we’ll figure it out later” is not a plan. That’s just a nightmare with a calendar date.

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