Organizational Objectives and Supply Objectives Typically Are Expressed

question 9

Multiple Choice

Organizational objectives and supply objectives typically are expressed:

• A) differently, making it difficult to translate organizational objectives into supply objectives.
• B) differently, providing the supply manager multiple opportunities to tap into organizational resources.
• C) the same survival, growth, financial, and environmental), making it easy to translate organizational objectives into supply objectives.
• D) the same factors quality, quantity, price, delivery and service), but long-term at the organizational level and short-term at the supply level.
• E) in ways that are very specific to the organization, making it difficult to convey objectives to suppliers.

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