WSJ: U.S. suppliers’ price increases picked up (11.3%!) in June & remained near historic highs. Has Strategic Cost Mgmt (i.e., Price Analysis) become a lost art? Will you be ready when your supplier asks for a price increase?

Sime Curkovic

August 3, 2022August 8, 2022

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WSJ: U.S. suppliers’ price increases picked up (11.3%!) in June & remained near historic highs. https://lnkd.in/g_pFJ_QH. Has Strategic Cost Mgmt (i.e., Price Analysis) become a lost art? Will you be ready when your supplier asks for a price increase? I have asked a lot of SCM managers how they “prepare” to negotiate price increase requests from...

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