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SUMMARY:Boost Your Bottom Line: Mastering Costs & Vendors
DESCRIPTION:Is your business getting the best deals from your vendors?\n \n\nAre there opportunities to save money or improve quality by finding new partners? This workshop is all about helping you maximize your purchasing power. Whether you're buying products\, materials\, or services\, we'll show you how to evaluate your current partners and find new ones that can help you save money and improve your operations.\n \n\nLEARN HOW TO:\n \n\nEvaluate Your Current Partners: Learn simple ways to assess whether your current vendors are still the best choice for your business needs.\n\nFind and Compare New Partners: Discover how to identify potential new sources and easily compare them to get the best value.\n\nNegotiate Smarter\, Not Harder: Learn effective techniques for negotiating better terms\, whether you're working with current partners or new ones.\n\nMaximize Your Savings: Understand how making small changes to your buying strategy can lead to significant savings and better-quality products.\n \n\nInstructor:\n\nSteve Trussell is a business consultant at the UGA SBDC at Georgia Southern University. Steve brings extensive experience in consulting with firms on manufacturing\, sourcing\, and supply chain management. He has worked with both large manufacturers and small companies to improve their supply chains through organizational transformation\, strategic sourcing\, and negotiations. Steve has a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Louisville and he earned his MBA from Bellarmine University.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a3bcb30-7fff-0584-ac9a-f5476c86e6b4"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Is your business getting the best deals from your vendors?</span></span></p>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a3bcb30-7fff-0584-ac9a-f5476c86e6b4"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Are there opportunities to save money or improve quality by finding new partners? This workshop is all about helping you maximize your purchasing power. Whether you&rsquo\;re buying products\, materials\, or services\, we&rsquo\;ll show you how to evaluate your current partners and find new ones that can help you save money and improve your operations.</span></span></p>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a3bcb30-7fff-0584-ac9a-f5476c86e6b4"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">LEARN HOW TO:</span></span></p>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a3bcb30-7fff-0584-ac9a-f5476c86e6b4"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Evaluate Your Current Partners: Learn simple ways to assess whether your current vendors are still the best choice for your business needs.</span></span></p>\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a3bcb30-7fff-0584-ac9a-f5476c86e6b4"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Find and Compare New Partners: Discover how to identify potential new sources and easily compare them to get the best value.</span></span></p>\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a3bcb30-7fff-0584-ac9a-f5476c86e6b4"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Negotiate Smarter\, Not Harder: Learn effective techniques for negotiating better terms\, whether you&rsquo\;re working with current partners or new ones.</span></span></p>\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a3bcb30-7fff-0584-ac9a-f5476c86e6b4"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Maximize Your Savings: Understand how making small changes to your buying strategy can lead to significant savings and better-quality products.</span></span></p>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8a3bcb30-7fff-0584-ac9a-f5476c86e6b4"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Instructor:</span></span><br />\n<span id="docs-internal-guid-8a3bcb30-7fff-0584-ac9a-f5476c86e6b4"><span style="font-size: 11pt\; font-family: Arial\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;">Steve Trussell is a business consultant at the UGA SBDC at Georgia Southern University. Steve brings extensive experience in consulting with firms on manufacturing\, sourcing\, and supply chain management. He has worked with both large manufacturers and small companies to improve their supply chains through organizational transformation\, strategic sourcing\, and negotiations. Steve has a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Louisville and he earned his MBA from Bellarmine University.</span></span></p>\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
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