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The Arizona, California and Utah Departments of Transportation have successfully discovered that the partnering approach benefits all involved. DOTs call it Partnering Workshops.

The construction industry has especially benefited from partnering workshops by eliminating the tangle of claims, litigation, and adversarial relationships through the concept of cooperation throughout the life of a project. Identifying potential relationship hazards early was another benefit. Bench marking (companies sharing information on what they do best), especially in the aerospace industry, has shown increased productivity and decreased costs across the board.

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etter than previous levels.

The Arizona, California and Utah Departments of Transportation have successfully discovered that the partnering approach benefits all involved. DOTs call it Partnering Workshops.

The construction industry has especially benefited from partnering workshops by eliminating the tangle of claims, litigation, and adversarial relationships through the concept of cooperation throughout the life of a project. Identifying potential relationship hazards early was another benefit. Bench marking (companies sharing information on what they do best), especially in the aerospace industry, has shown increased productivity and decreased costs across the board.

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industry has especially benefited from partnering workshops by eliminating the tangle of claims, litigation, and adversarial relationships through the concept of cooperation throughout the life of a project. Identifying potential relationship hazards early was another benefit. Bench marking (companies sharing information on what they do best), especially in the aerospace industry, has shown increased productivity and decreased costs across the board.

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ionship hazards early was another benefit. Bench marking (companies sharing information on what they do best), especially in the aerospace industry, has shown increased productivity and decreased costs across the board.

Some of the many productivity increases that are available through strategic alliance relationships:

1. Market intelligence relating to new products, processes, and competitive technologies and markets

2. Market forecasts for large orders to allow intelligent production schedules

3. Improved product quality

4. Improved working relationships

5. Improved communications through structure to promote operating efficiencies

6. Improvement of products/services

7. Sharing of information

8. Improved culture and business philosophy

9. Recognition, award and/or reward system for meeting and/or exceeding established goals

10. Reduced Paperwork

Ultimately the benefit to developing strategic alliances with others is for solutions through mutually beneficial efforts. Together you can solve your problems, those of your customers’ suppliers’ and employees’.

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