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Maria Shrayber
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• Mar 19
Supplier failure is not an exception.
It’s part of the game.
What matters is what happens next.
I’ve handled situations where: – manufacturers failed to deliver – equipment arrived non-compliant – projects were already in motion
In one case, I was dispatched on-site in China to confront a non-performing supplier. What followed wasn’t escalation — it was control: • negotiation under pressure • involvement of local authorities • creation of a full documentation trail
That groundwork enabled legal recovery of the investment.
In other cases: – we deployed engineers to fix equipment on-site – negotiated cost coverage with factories – restored compliance without stopping the project
This work is not about avoiding problems.
It’s about: • containing them • structuring recovery • protecting execution and money
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