Are your Suppliers holding you at Gunpoint?

All too often we have seen large organisations held in the grip of their suppliers, often as a result of ill-advised architecture and technology strategy. Our aim is to remove the power of suppliers and put it back into the hands of our clients.

A mistake often made is the assumption that a single system can be bought from one supplier that meets all the needs, and removes all the risk from the buyer. Often a complex and onerous procurement process further supports the ideal of buying once from the one supplier.

Of course, many suppliers love these opportunities and often make promises that can rarely be met, and which are almost impossible to enforce. They know the investment made in the purchase and delivery means it is too costly to change or move away, leaving the customer at their mercy.

Add to that poorly negotiated terms and conditions, and it is almost impossible to extract yourself from their grip.

By componentising your solution in a manner that allows you to buy interchangeable parts, you can wrest control and negotiate better deals, or find alternatives, allowing competition pressures to drive down those costs and increase the value of your purchases. Done correctly, a componentised system is far more cost-effective, flexible, and low risk (not all the eggs in one basket), freeing you from the potential grips of your suppliers.

One of Carvel Solutions' specialities is to design componentised solutions that use standard integration interfaces, with services crafted to fit neatly together. This means your systems are extensible, interchangeable, and ultimately more manageable leaving you free to pick the suppliers most suitable to your needs. We can:

• Define componentised solutions that follow standard scopes and interfaces
• Define or review contract schedules that ensure suppliers are tied down appropriately
• Advise on terms and conditions that allow easy contract termination or affordable change

Please review our experience and expertise to find out more, and contact us for further details.