The Purchasing Manager for Telsa Motor Co

question 87

Multiple Choice

The purchasing manager for Telsa Motor Co.decides to call three suppliers of automobile windshields to ask for a bid on an order for 1,000 windshields for a new Ford car,instead of calling a hundred possible windshield suppliers for such a bid.What type of decision does this represent for the purchasing manager?

• A) Nonprogrammed decision
• B) Illusion of control decision
• C) Certainty decision
• D) Programmed decision
• E) Satisficing decision

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Definitions:

Period Costs

Costs that are not directly tied to the production process and are expensed in the period in which they occur.

Manufacturing Overhead

Expenses related to the manufacturing process that cannot be directly tied back to the production of specific goods, such as factory maintenance and rent.

Direct Materials

Basic substances utilized in the creation of a final product that can be directly attributed and identified within it.

Direct Labor

Direct labor refers to the employees and the associated labor costs directly involved in the manufacturing process of a company's products.