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A supply manager for JKL, Inc. finds a potential new supplier for an item included In a finished product. Quality and service are comparable to those of the current supplier, and the new supplier's cost per unit is $.03 lower than that of the current supplier. Making the transition to the new supplier will require changes to operations costing approximately $12,000. How many units would JKL need to buy in order to justify changing suppliers?
A buying company concludes the request for proposal (RFP) process and signs a contract for its primary logistics provider. Company policy requires that the supply manager notify and debriefall unsuccessful bidders. During these debriefings, one of the bidders—Supplier X— states that it will offer a price discount lower than that of the successful bidder. Supplier X's proposal is very strong, and the firm has a track record of success with the buying company. Given this situation, which of the following is the BEST course of action for the supply manager to take?
Supplier X provides software critical to production at EFG Corporation. Supplier X informs EFG that the software version it currently uses will no longer be supported and recommends an upgrade to a newer version. However, EFG is very pleased with the performance of the current version, and the costs for upgrading are prohibitive at this time. EFG wants to find incentives for Supplier X to continue supporting EFG's needs. In this situation, which of the following would be the BEST course of action for EFG to take?