Don't take this the wrong way but corporate are such prima donnas!
I got flashbacks from my tiny startup days when corporate went to procurement companies which wanted specific terms and mode of payment. And after all the infrastructure was in place... they basically spent no money!
The SBOM idea exists in various forms. Few need it and few use it.
If somebody wants to pay money, they will figure out a way. If they want to invent an excuse they will find one.
I got flashbacks from my tiny startup days when corporate went to procurement companies which wanted specific terms and mode of payment. And after all the infrastructure was in place... they basically spent no money!
The SBOM idea exists in various forms. Few need it and few use it.
If somebody wants to pay money, they will figure out a way. If they want to invent an excuse they will find one.