CORE Exam Dumps : Supply Management Core Exam

A company buys 200 metric tons of ethylene per month. The firm has a one-year agreement with Supplier X to buy the ethylene at $1000 per metric ton. After 3 months, the market price drops to $900 per metric ton, and the firm renegotiates the price to $890 per metric ton for the remaining contract term.

What savings should be reported?

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?

MNO Inc. is a U.S.-based manufacturing company that imports sub-assemblies from Asia and incorporates them into several products. The firm orders in large quantities to obtain the lowest price per unit, and then pulls the items as required to produce finished goods. MNO wishes to improve its cash flow and seeks ways to reduce the impact of import duties. Which of the following Is the BEST approach for the company to use?