Before revision: Global manufacturer Unilever offers to collaborate with innovating start-up businesses, and its "Unilever Foundation " refers to over 400 examples of "strategic collaboration" in this field.Unilever Foundation , Bringing an ‘outside-in’ perspective to Unilever, accessed 3 June 2024 Collaborative procurement has been commended as a means of achieving financial savings and operational efficiency in the acquisition of common goods and services in the public sector,National Audit Office, A review of collaborative procurement across the public sector, published May 2010, accessed 4 March 2022 and producing mutually beneficial results in the private sector.Toyota (2018), Sustainability Data Book 2018: Collaboration with Suppliers, accessed 18 March 2022 Collaboration allows for better communication within organizations and along supply chains.
After revision: Global manufacturer Unilever offers to collaborate with innovating start-up businesses, and its "Unilever Foundry " refers to over 400 examples of "strategic collaboration" in this field.Unilever Foundry , Bringing an ‘outside-in’ perspective to Unilever, accessed 3 June 2024 Collaborative procurement has been commended as a means of achieving financial savings and operational efficiency in the acquisition of common goods and services in the public sector,National Audit Office, A review of collaborative procurement across the public sector, published May 2010, accessed 4 March 2022 and producing mutually beneficial results in the private sector.Toyota (2018), Sustainability Data Book 2018: Collaboration with Suppliers, accessed 18 March 2022 Collaboration allows for better communication within organizations and along supply chains.