SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS BECOME MOST VALUABLE CURRENCY
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SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS BECOME MOST VALUABLE CURRENCY
Supplier relationships will be a company’ s most valuable currency in 2026, argues Alex Saric, CMO at Ivalua. As access to critical materials tightens, organisations with shallow, transactional networks will fall to the back of the queue.“ Suppliers will favour customers who make it easy to do business,” says Alex.“ That meansless friction around onboarding, compliance checks and fast changing trade requirements.” AI agents are set to streamline onboarding, documentation and compliance, while humans focus on collaboration, making preferential access a reward suppliers are eager to offer.
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