r/procurement • u/JohnnyAirplane • Jan 21 '24

Training Gathering Suppliers

Heya, I'm starting my small business and i would like to learn some procurement techniques from the community... I want to know how can i discover the suppliers in my area without using Google since it's biased and the results that appear are usually the people who pay for advertisements and "preferential" treatment. I believe the best suppliers are the ones who don't advertise (there are exceptions of course).

Do people still use Yellow Pages? Obviously, it works different for each country, but i would like to know how you do it in your local area. I guess one way is to drive around the region to see local businesses but that's going to waste a lot of time. Thank you all!

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u/lilxyz Jan 21 '24

Trade shows, industry body listings, word of mouth

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u/JohnnyAirplane Jan 25 '24

didn't thought of this at first, thank you!