[Negotiation] How do you talk about cost reduction without damaging supply continuity or quality?

I frame cost reduction as an improvement problem, not just a squeeze problem. There may be real opportunities in specifications, demand stability, ordering patterns, packaging, lead-time planning, or commercial terms that create value without simply asking the supplier to absorb pain and hoping performance does not suffer.

If the only savings path is to push harder on price while ignoring continuity and...