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The Purchasing Manager for Ford Motor Co

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


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