[header] How to legally establish a preferred vendors list [title] Assess your vendor needs. [step] Before you can create a preferred vendors list, you need to know what types of products your company buys on a regular basis. These are the items you will want to find preferred vendors for.
Start by asking every department in your company what they use most. For example, if you have an it department, they might say they use modems, flash drives, and external hard drives all the time.