Thank you, Eric, But in what sense? Do you feel that it is missing something? Something that needs to be added to ensure that Ioannis (and others) are not led astray?
Regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting explanation Pierre ! > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pierre Smits [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 3:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Vendor Management > > Ioannis, > > First of all, ensure that you have your (business) definitions straight and > that the parties you communicate with understand and share your > definitions. > > The noun Vendor can have (and probably will have) different meanings to > different persons depending on the domain the work in/come from. According > to investopedia it can be both a person or a business entity. And that (as > should be regarded as obvious) as wel an internal party as an external > entity. > > From your descriptions I gathered that it is a person executing a business > process, but whether he is part of your organisation or not I could not > determine. > > If he is part of your organisation, he could be regarded as internal sales, > sales representative, sales back office clerk, or any other role you have > defined in your organisation. If he is external, is he then a sales > representative working on commission basis or a reseller (who buys and > sells for own risk and profit). > > Determining (and communicating) such aspects up front enables your peers to > comprehend the challenge/opportunity to the fullest and helps them to help > you in finding the answer and/or solution. > > Regards, > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com >
