Supply Chain Management over the past few decades has moved beyond the traditional adversarial relationship between buyer and supplier.  Companies, for the most part, realize the long-term impacts of pushing burdens back down the supply chain onto their suppliers.  Many companies now strive to operate in a win/win framework with their supply stakeholders to define additional value.  The first step in this transition is to evaluate the ‘sustainable’ state of your key suppliers by allowing their voices to be heard.