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"our customers demand year on year price reductions and yet we have no leverage with our supply chain - the only thing reduced is our profit margins" |
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"our customers are sending more work to low cost countries and we feel our work may also be at risk" |
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"our customers are rationalizing their supply chains which has pushed us down the value chain - it is getting much harder for us to win attractive work packages" |
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"our customers are always launching new initiatives to reduce costs – the problem is each customer has a different initiative and we have to employ extra overheads to manage their projects" |
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"we know we should be working with low cost countries to reduce some of our costs but we do not have the resource" |
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"we are suddenly expected to start collaborating with companies we have always competed against" |
