Vendor management helps organizations take third-party vendor relationships from a passive business transaction to a proactive collaborative partnership. While working with IT vendors can help ease ...

“Relationship selling is 1000x more effective than direct marketing,” argued Eric Cowperthwaite, a former CISO and now a director, information security at Esterline (from LinkedIn). “I couldn’t agree ...

When choosing vendors for your business, doing your due diligence can be one of the most important parts of the process. In my 18 years in the small- and medium-sized business market as both an owner ...

Many factors contribute to selecting the right outsourced vendor partner, but one of the most important considerations is employee attrition. Attrition is a real problem in contact centers — 40 to 100 ...

B2B buyers generally do not contact vendors until they are very far along in their journey and they have finalized most of their requirements, according to recent research from 6sense. The report was ...

This excerpt is part of Entrepreneur.com’s Second-Quarter Startup Kit which explores the fundamentals of starting up in a wide range of industries. In Start Your Own Event Planning Business, the staff ...

All purchases of goods and services should be made by department staff. Out-of-pocket purchases are strongly discouraged, except for restaurant meals and travel-related expenses. Please see the Travel ...