If you are in the manufacturing industry, then chances are that you know that the majority of interactions your company has are business-to-business. After all, sourcing of components, which is nearly always happening from a number of sources, accounts for far more interactions than the single final interaction with the customer. There will only be one business-to-customer interaction, and while this is an essential one for the process of doing business, it comes only at the end of all the B2B interactions that have taken place.
It is important to place value in doing good business with others on the pre-sale levels. Your company's reputation needs to be worth a great deal to other companies, not just to the end of the line buyer.