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?
Which of the following refers to the practice of buying a commodity on the open market for immediate delivery?