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Management article
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Reference no. P0601C
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Supply Chain Strategy", 2006

Abstract

Companies seeking to wring ever more competitive advantage from supply chain partnerships often overlook the role creativity, trustworthiness, and flexibility play in the process. But these difficult-to-quantify ?soft? characteristics make the difference between extraordinary and substandard performance from your manufacturing facilities, suppliers, and partners. This article offers questions to ask and a template for assigning values to these elusive qualities so that you can use them to enhance your supply chain relationships.

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Abstract

Companies seeking to wring ever more competitive advantage from supply chain partnerships often overlook the role creativity, trustworthiness, and flexibility play in the process. But these difficult-to-quantify ?soft? characteristics make the difference between extraordinary and substandard performance from your manufacturing facilities, suppliers, and partners. This article offers questions to ask and a template for assigning values to these elusive qualities so that you can use them to enhance your supply chain relationships.

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