INTE Exam Dumps : Supply Management Integration

An organization purchases material from several countries. These materials are assembled into products and sold in several other countries. This firm's product specifications will MOST likely reference

A manufacturer receives notice from one of its largest customers stating that, from this point on, it will only accept environmentally friendly boxes for packaging. The manufacturer checks the remaining packaging in its inventory and finds that it still has over six months' worth of boxes that are not made of environmentally-friendly materials. These boxes are custom-designed and cannot be returned to the packaging material supplier. In this situation, the manufacturer would be BEST served by doing which of the following?

A supply manager is tasked with assisting internal customers in refining their budgets and planning future sourcing. The supply manager works with the firm's marketing director on a budget which includes a large direct mail campaign and the revision of promotional materials for several products.

Six months later, marketing has nearly exhausted the budget due to cost increases in paper and printing, even though the marketing campaign's scope has not changed. Which of the following did the supply manager and marketing director fail to consider?