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Paying overseas suppliers
How to pay international invoices and overseas suppliers - common payment methods, their pros and cons, and foreign currency issues.
Overseas supplier contracts
Overseas supplier agreements should cover pricing and trading terms in great detail, to ensure they offer the best way of avoiding disputes.
Choose between single or multiple supplier strategy
Advantages and disadvantages of single sourcing vs multiple sources of supply, and when two or more suppliers may be better than one.
Criteria for selecting a supplier
Critical factors you should consider when searching for potential suppliers for your business – including whether to choose single or multiple sources of supply.
Shortlisting potential suppliers
How to shortlist reliable suppliers and choose the right ones that could meet the needs of your business.
Choosing suppliers for your business
Critical factors to consider when choosing and evaluating suppliers for your business.
Improve your supply chain efficiency
How to integrate modern technologies into your supply chain to improve efficiency and streamline your business relationship with suppliers.
Paying your suppliers on time
Understand the importance of paying supplier invoices on time, the impact of late payment to suppliers, and how to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code.
Build strong supplier relationships
Practical tips to help you establish and maintain a good relationship with your suppliers.
Carry out supplier due diligence
What due diligence checks should you run on prospective suppliers before you enter into contract negotiations with them.
Managing supplier relationships
Key considerations around working with suppliers, including building and managing a successful relationship based on mutual gain.
Developing supplier relationships
Best practices to help you manage supplier quality and performance, create strong service level agreements, and end supplier relationships.
Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and the Northern Ireland Protocol
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards
Trade marks and geographical indications
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs)
Using robotics to improve our business operations - Irwin's Bakery (video)
In this case study, Aaron Harrigan from Irwin's Bakery discusses the business benefits of introducing automation and robotics into their manufacturing process
EU trade mark protection and comparable UK trade marks
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period
Using digital innovation to benefit our business - GRAHAM Group (video)
Shervin Yousefzadeh and Victoria Allen from GRAHAM Group talk about the company's digital transformation
Using robotics to increase efficiency in our business - NC Engineering (video)
Robert Nicholl from NC Engineering describes how the company has introduced automation and robotics in their manufacturing process to increase their efficiency and competitiveness
Review your suppliers' performance
How to manage supplier performance, and what evaluation criteria to use when conducting supplier performance reviews.
Supplier service level agreements
Importance of service level agreements in supply chain management, key clauses and best practices.