Vincent Is Trying to Analyze How Important His Suppliers Are

question 43

Multiple Choice

Vincent is trying to analyze how important his suppliers are to his business.He wants to know which supplier is best for a long-term relationship.If he has to apply the supplier relationship management (SRM) strategy,Vincent should most likely begin the analysis by first:

• A) conducting a life-cycle costing of all the capital equipment used by his business.
• B) determining the competition for his business's vendors in the market.
• C) determining the benchmarking standards of his business against other businesses in the market.
• D) calculating how much amount is spent with each vendor and for which products.
• E) conducting a bottom-up forecasting of his business's products.

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