Highly Valued Customers with Large Purchasing Budgets Who Achieve Moderate

question 38

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Highly valued customers with large purchasing budgets who achieve moderate supply chain management success have been known to lower purchasing and inventory carrying costs, and create better quality products with higher levels of customer service.

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Definitions:

Profitability Index

An instrument in finance for assessing the attractiveness of a project or investment, which is found by dividing the current value of forthcoming cash flows by the initial cost of the investment.

Present Value

The valuation in today's terms of a prospective future sum of money or cash inflows, utilizing a particular return rate.

Initial Cost

The initial expenditure required to acquire an asset or to start a project, incorporating all necessary expenses to bring it to a usable state.

Net Present Value

This signifies the net difference in present value terms of cash received versus cash paid out over an outlined time interval.