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.