Build Sphere Infrastructure Organisation in Pretoria launches a supplier relationship management initiative and attempts to implement the process across its entire supplier base simultaneously. As implementation progresses, the purchasing and supply team experiences difficulties managing the scale, coordination requirements, and operational complexity associated with involving many suppliers at the same time. The purchasing and supply manager is evaluating the lessons learned from this implementation experience. Which one of the following most appropriately reflects a lesson learned from launching the supplier relationship management process in this situation?