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Turning lemons into lemonade: Five ways to reset on customer management fundamentals in a post-pandemic world

Strategic Account Management Association

In business, it has created an opportunity to reflect on how companies are managing customers, and it has given customers a window of opportunity to re-evaluate their supplier relationships to determine which partnerships are truly valuable. We’re seeing it first hand. The ecosystem: When creating value, think outside your own business.

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20 Strategic Planning Models to Consider

ClearPoint Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy is a strategic planning model that emerged in a book by the same name in 2005. The bargaining power of suppliers. Then you’ll identify which parts of operations are working well and which are not, brainstorming ideas from the successful aspects on how to address problems. Blue Ocean Strategy.