Quote Originally Posted by phil4 View Post

Take the "approved supplier list", as a great wheeze, that means that once the supplier is on, they can charge a fortune because they're unlikely to get dropped. Also the focus on "performance" rather than cost.
You don't know what you're on about, that is a perfectly acceptable business model. I've worked in the purchasing department for FTSE 50 companies and they use that same model of having "approved" suppliers.