CoLab Keynote: The Case for Engineering-Led Supplier Collaboration [Video]

Supplier collaboration has always existed in manufacturing organizations. It’s the way companies define, measure and execute “collaboration” that’s shifted.

As early as a few years ago, supplier collaboration was mostly transactional and highly reactive. Manufacturers submitted RFQs, suppliers answered. Suppliers requested PMI documentation, manufacturers answered.

Data sharing between the two was often siloed, not in real time and even sometimes inaccurate. Despite attempts to be more collaborative, companies often failed because information exchange was just too difficult. Furthermore, with a constant focus on cost and efficiency, procurement and supply chain were not incentivized to tackle these challenges.

Enter Covid, massive global upheaval and critical parts shortages and suddenly cost and efficiency are no longer the major concerns. Building agility and resilience into the supply chain are now top priorities. Which means true collaboration with suppliers is more important than ever.

And engineering is primed to drive the most immediate supplier collaboration impact.

The time is now for engineering-led supplier collaboration.

In this video, Jeremy Andrews, Co-Founder and CTO of CoLab Software and Taylor Young, Chief Strategy Officer of CoLab Software discuss:
👉 Where supplier collaboration lives today
👉 How supplier collaboration is changing inside enterprise manufacturing organizations
👉 Why engineering is now at the forefront of these conversations
👉 Where engineering can make the most immediate impact
👉 How companies who do this well are measuring engineering’s impact on supplier collaboration

For more information, visit:
🔷 The new supply chain equilibrium by Deloitte: https://www2.deloitte.com/xe/en/insights/focus/supply-chain/supply-chain-agility-efficiency.html
🔷 How 3 enterprise engineering orgs stay on the same page with suppliers: https://www.colabsoftware.com/post/how-ford-pro-irobot-and-mainspring-energy-stay-on-the-same-page-with-suppliers
🔷 Top barriers to effective supplier collaboration (and how to overcome them): https://www.colabsoftware.com/post/the-top-3-barriers-to-effective-supplier-collaboration-and-how-to-overcome-them
🔷 Supplier Portals inside CoLab: https://help.colabsoftware.com/article/portals