Supplier Relationship Management Is Key to Supply Chain Resiliency

Published On:

July 07, 2025

Authored By:

APQC

Public Content:

To understand what effective supplier relationship management (SRM) looks like and how organizations can get started, APQC’s Senior Principal Research Lead for Supply Chain Management, Marisa Brown, spoke with leading SRM experts Kate Vitasek of the University of Tennessee and Bonnie Keith of the Forefront Group. Vitasek and Keith co-authored Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy.

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Articles

Topics:

Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Supplier Partnerships, Supplier Relationship Management

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