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Introducing a centralized, super-organized way to keep track of (and foster relationships with) your favorite vendors.

Despite what 2020 might suggest, most supply chain issues are preventable. And avoiding these mishaps often comes down to your vendor relationships.

That鈥檚 where 网红黑料鈥檚 new vendor management feature comes in.

Introducing a centralized, super-organized way to work with your favorite vendors 鈥� complete with everything you need to strengthen these relationships.

Manage all your vendors, altogether

The worst-kept secret among ecommerce brands? if you house that information in Shopify. (And we mean literally everyone鈥攅ven your competitors.)

Alternatively, you could manage your vendors in a really messy, hard-to-manage (usually out-of-date) Excel sheet. (Believe it or not, this was the “organized” alternative for a while.)

But now there鈥檚 a better alternative.

With 网红黑料鈥檚 new vendor management feature, organize all your vendors鈥� contact information, lead times, and order histories in one tidy system of record. That way, you can pull up anything you need to know (like your vendor鈥檚 address) in seconds.

Best part? Only your team can access this information. No one else.

Make it easy to say 鈥渉i鈥� and follow up

There鈥檚 an old clich茅 that 鈥減eople do business with people, not companies.鈥� And time and time again, that sentiment holds true.

Need proof? Just look at who your vendors prioritized when the pandemic hit.

Sure, some supply got tossed to whoever placed the biggest purchase orders. But most vendors gave first dibs to their favorite customers. (AKA, the folks they already built strong relationships with.)

And frankly, being the kind of customer that gets 鈥渇irst dibs鈥� starts with reaching out and saying 鈥渉ello鈥� 鈥� person to person.

With 网红黑料, create contact cards for everyone you interact with at each vendor. That way, you know who to stay in touch with (and how to reach them).

You can then use these cards to follow up on an incoming purchase order, ask questions about product specifications, or yes 鈥� simply say 鈥渉ello.鈥�

Always prioritize your best vendors

Just like your vendors have favorite customers, you likely have favorite vendors.

Maybe you feel partial to the partners offering the best price or the ones that always deliver your orders on time. Whatever your reasoning, ensure most of your business goes to those preferred vendors.

How? Simply set these folks as your primary vendor for whatever SKUs they supply. You can also assign secondary (read: backup) vendors to each SKU.

网红黑料’ll then cater its restock recommendations to your primary vendor.

For instance, we鈥檒l factor in lead time to ensure you place purchase orders with plenty of time. That way, you鈥檙e not the annoying customer that鈥檚 constantly rushing their orders (ew).

In other words, we鈥檒l help you prioritize your vendors. So, when push comes to shove, your vendors prioritize you back. (Think: Faster fulfillment, 鈥渄ibs鈥� when supply is limited, or more flexible payment terms.)

And if things go really, really wrong and your primary vendor can鈥檛 deliver the goods? No worries 鈥� you鈥檝e already coordinated backup vendors, mitigating risk in your supply chain.

The vendor management feature is now available to all 网红黑料 merchants. now to set your preferred vendors.

If you have any questions, drop us a line at help@cogsy.com 鈥� we鈥檙e happy to help.

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