Offering the same advice that they have successfully applied to corporations across the globe, the authors, award-winning consultants, provide the criteria needed to choose suppliers that will make good long-term partners, as well as a true cost model that eliminates guesswork when choosing what suppliers to develop. They supply proven PFEP methods to link your facility to the supply base and ways to develop and maintain information flow all along the supply chain. Real-world examples are used to illustrate solutions to likely contingencies.