The Design Firm and It’s Suppliers

Your suppliers are your company’s life blood. A company without suppliers is like a person without food.
Forging Strong Relationships

Rules for Working with Suppliers

• Never falsely represent yourself or your needs.
• Don’t ask for speculative work.
• Never ask for under-the-table remuneration.
• Don’t take unfair advantages of a supplier in a captive situation.
• Don’t prepare vague requests for quotations.
• Don’t ask suppliers for materials that you know won’t lead to a sale.
• Don’t mislead suppliers in billing procedures.
• Don’t provide false schedules.
• Never establish new credit terms after a job is completed.
• Don’t reject work to elicit corrections of your own mistakes.
• Treat your suppliers as you would like to be treated

Working with Print Vendors

• Locating
• Factors in Selecting
• Print Vendor Reps (What they do… for you)
• Their part in the process
• Communicating (Good News & Bad News)

Working with Photographers, Illustrators and Other Vendor Types

• Locating
• Factors for selection
• Services
• Their part in the process
• Communicating / Art Direction

The Purpose for and Preparation of RFQs