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Customer relationship management: engagement or exploitation
David Hawkins of the Institute of Collaborative Working charts the evolution of buyer/supplier relationships. Collaborative relationships can be multidimensional, supporting traditional engagement through supply chains, creation of external alliances and, in many cases, facilitating improved internal collaboration. He shows an 8-stage process linked to BS 11000, the world’s first collaborative business relationships standard developed from pan-industry best practice.