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Sonal Maheshwari
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That is so very true in this world. Clients more often then not think vendors are chiseling them with heavy price tags. No matter how much reasonable and genuine a vendor is, it's very hard for client to trust him.
This only leads to lower quality in output and ruining of relationship between the two. Instead what can be a possible solution to this is a long term partnership between the two with renegotiating of contract after small periods. Anyhow Client vendor relationship is very subjective and may vary at the different ends of the world.
@Ann: another good topic initiated.
Sonal Maheshwari
USourceIT
Topic: Vendor Management
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Ann,
This is SO true! I think many people think vendor = someone to abuse. Personally I try to think of vendors as "partners" - especially when they are service providers (i.e. I couldn't do it without them).
Just got off the Skype with my key offshore vendor talking about what I could do to go out and visit them again this year. Invest in them... that's what pays dividends.