Strategy frameworks & analysis · Working
Supplier power
Also called: bargaining power of suppliers
ELI5
How much control suppliers have over the business.
Used in conversation
“Concentrated chip supply creates strong supplier power.”
Definition
The ability of suppliers to influence cost, quality, availability or terms.
Here “Supplier power” means: The ability of suppliers to influence cost, quality, availability or terms.
Pitch context
You will see “Supplier power” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches strategy frameworks & analysis.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret strategy frameworks & analysis without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 5
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16