Alex Timbers, a Wood Supplier, Receives an Order of 10

question 36

Multiple Choice

Alex Timbers, a wood supplier, receives an order of 10 wooden logs from a furniture manufacturing company. The client brief mentioned that the logs should be made of teak wood and be identically sized. After receiving the consignment, the quality specialist of the furniture manufacturing company observed that the logs were too big to be used for building furniture. In this scenario, it is likely that the information provided by the furniture manufacturing company to Alex Timbers was _____.

• A) untimely
• B) irrelevant
• C) inaccurate
• D) incomplete

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Definitions:

Contingency Planning

The process of preparing for unexpected events by developing strategies to mitigate their potential impact on operations.

Future States

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Zero-based Budget

A budgeting technique where all expenses must be justified for each new period, starting from a "zero base," rather than basing budgets on the previous year's expenditures.

Fixed Amount

A specific, unchanging quantity of money, goods, or services.