the.com/supplier
The company you depend on and negotiate with as if you don't.
means A person or company that provides goods or services to another business, usually on an ongoing basis.
from Traces back to the Latin supplere — 'to fill up, complete' (sub- 'from below' + plere 'to fill') — the same root that gives us 'supply' and 'supplement.' The image is of someone filling a gap before it's even felt: the supplier as the quiet hand topping up the shelf.
- power shift
- Whoever has more alternatives wins the negotiation
- hidden risk
- Single-source suppliers can halt entire factories overnight
- relationship truth
- Cheapest supplier often costs the most later
- leverage move
- Paying on time buys priority during shortages