> Great, the amazon model of Apple does pretty much the same thing with its suppliers, no? They even work out what profit and costs a supplier is supposed to h

> Great, the amazon model of Apple does pretty much the same thing with its suppliers, no? They even work out what profit and costs a supplier is supposed to have (meaning: if your costs are higher it's the fault of the supplier). A "others do it too" might not be too good of an argument, but I do wonder why heavily looking into your suppliers (costs, etc) is that bad.