Go Fish, in the Vendor Pool
As the economy has experienced dramatic shifts in the past few years, there’s an increasing need for managers to pay closer attention to their organization’s vendor pool. The situation can be compared to the classic card game, Go Fish. In Go Fish, five to seven cards are dealt to each player, and the remaining cards are shared between the players, usually sprawled out in a “pool” or “draw pile.” The object of the game is to collect four cards of the same rank called “books.” The player with the most card books at the end of the game wins. […]