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Capital & Cash FlowOctober 14, 2026 7 min

Mitigating Supplier Squeeze and Protecting 2027 Operating Margins

A technical guide for service-based operators to re-engineer vendor terms and dynamic pricing models to survive accelerating supplier costs and maintain liquidity.

Investing, working capital, runway, and the math behind both.

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