We have learnt about the important position which suppliers online occupy in the world of global sourcing and multinational purchasing in this current era where technology rules the roost and there are literally no boundaries for carrying out international trade and commerce. Suppliers online are a really vital link in the chain of global sourcing and multinational purchasing activities and it is difficult to imagine how these activities related to global sourcing and multinational purchasing would have been carried out with the help of suppliers online.
This does not mean to say however that suppliers online are better than traditional suppliers in the context of global sourcing and multinational purchasing in every way and there are no drawbacks of the same. Of course there is no single technology or process in the world which does not have some shortcoming and the use of suppliers online certainly has its share of weaknesses in the world of global sourcing and multinational purchasing.
One of the great drawbacks in the use of suppliers online for any type of activity be it minor purchase of huge deals involving global sourcing or multinational purchasing by big companies, is the lack of direct personal touch between the concerned parties. Now this may not seem much of a problem but if we deeply study the human psyche, we come to know that personal presence does make a lot of difference in any sort of situation whether it relates to the personal life of someone, or to activities like global sourcing or multinational purchasing and the use of suppliers online certainly tends to reduce or eliminate this personal touch from the picture.
Suppliers online might tend to waver somewhat from their commitments if they know that the party which whom they are carrying out global sourcing or multinational purchasing deals is sitting thousands of miles away and they will never have to face them in their lives most probably. Of course there do exist laws and rules to cover this aspect, still due to the huge geographical distances involved in global sourcing and multinational purchasing deals carried out through suppliers online, this risk does persist to certain degree.
Nevertheless, despite these drawbacks the use and role of suppliers online in the processes of global sourcing and multinational purchasing is certainly on the rise and will continue to do so in the coming future. The advantages of suppliers online are quite substantial to be ignored in the world of global sourcing and multinational purchasing.
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