Disputes with suppliers can be costly. Now there's a guide to avoiding them and defending against them when they do occur. Legal Blacksmith: How to Avoid and Defend Supply Chain Disputes is the title of a new book by Rosemary Coates and Sarah Rathke, our guests on this episode. Rosemary is president of Blue Silk Consulting and executive director of the Reshoring Institute. Sarah is a trial attorney and partner at the international law firm of Squire Patton Boggs. They have collaborated on a comprehensive guide to forging stable and rewarding relationships between buyers and suppliers. Here, they offer advice on minimizing risk throughout the contracting phase and maintaining harmonious relationships afterward. Their guidance can help companies to manage an aspect of the supply chain that gets too little attention from top executives yet can have devastating consequences when it goes wrong.

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