RollStream

Did You Send Your Suppliers a Holiday Card?

December 19, 2009

blogs.gxs.com

“One of the key reasons why companies don’t send cards is that they don’t know who their suppliers are!…

So here is an idea – why not let suppliers manage their own data?  Suppliers are more motivated to ensure data is accurate than the buyer’s organization.  Suppliers want to be contacted for potential new orders, payment receipts and customer service issues.  One you have the supplier master data organized into a centralized repository there are numerous applications which can leverage the information: 

* Conducting surveys with the supplier community
* Issuing policy change announcements
* Soliciting ideas and feedback (crowdsourcing)
* Rolling out new e-commerce programs
* Distributing annual holiday cards

Click here to see an example holiday card received from RollStream”