13. Virtuous circles

Innovative design and creative thinking needs the right environment to flourish. Engaging with the supply chain at the back end of the design process, once all the main decisions have been made, sounds wrong. To then beat the suppliers down to the lowest cost through competitive tendering is not going to create a nurturing environment for new ideas.

Engaging and partnering with the supply chain is standard practice in ...

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