Growth is the number one imperative of today’s business environment, driven by the demands of shareholders and urged on by targets and stretch targets set by ever anxious senior managers. It is a rare business that aims to stand still, indeed as an objective, not to grow is said to be one of the hardest ambitions in the whole catalogue of business strategies.
Any supplier that can help its customer to grow will be more than welcome, and the more obvious the link between supplier input and customer growth the more likely they will be considered a strategic supplier. Strange then that so many suppliers think more seriously about their own growth prospects than they do those of their customers, and stranger still that ...
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