Discussion Student: Professor: Course title: Date: Discussion Evaluate the need for a strategic alliance among supply chain partners. Provide an example from the text and/or your professional experience of a successful strategic alliance. Provide a benefit of this partnership and how a project manager can use this strategy in a project involving purchasing and supply management. Benton (2010) states that Supply Chain Partnership, also known as strategic alliance is a relationship formed between two independent parties in supply channels in order to attain specific benefits and objectives. There is a need for strategic alliance among supply chain partners because it is a win-win for both the supplier and the buyer who share their goals and inherent risks by planning and controlling jointly, and ...