Reducing an organisation’s supplier base is often a key aim of any procurement professional in a new role. It is always assumed ... that aggregation is right and less is more when it comes to the long tail of suppliers ... (CIPS Australia: An introduction to supply base management)."
A supply base is defined as the portion of a supply network that is actively managed by a buying company. The concept reviews effective business relationships with suppliers and ways to facilitate better management of the supply base.