Procurement Best Practices from Tesla and Beyond

Update: 2025-02-13

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Procurement teams can learn from early successes and failures at Tesla, especially when it comes to trade-off analysis and early collaboration between design, sourcing, and suppliers. In this podcast, LightSource CEO Spencer Penn talks about trade-offs at Tesla between cost, performance, and risk.

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Procurement Best Practices from Tesla and Beyond

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Procurement Best Practices from Tesla and Beyond