Suppоse thаt yоu аre а Purchasing Manager in a large cоmpany. You have been asked to create a proposal for the Chief Procurement Officer identifying the best supplier to outsource for a 3-year period, and for a complex part of your company’s value chain. Your company operates in a mature market where the qualifying and winning factors are quality and time to customer respectively. Based on the information included in the table, address the following questions in 3 to 4 paragraphs (each paragraph should include at least 3 to 4 sentences): What supplier would you select? What is the rationale for your election? Supplier Price Quality Delivery Other Considerations A $3M 95% 95% Overseas supplier(transport lead time 3 weeks) B $1.75M 100% 100% Supplier facing financial issues C $2M 85% 95% Proximity supplier(transport lead time 3 hours) Note: Quality = 0 to 100% (worst to best quality); Delivery = 0 to 100% (worst to best time to customer)
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