Professor Ryan

DQ Questions 300 words each due by Saturday

Week 4 DQ 1 - Switching suppliers

What are some areas of a company adversely affected when switching suppliers? How would altering suppliers affect the different areas of a manufacturing company? How would it affect the different areas of a service company? 

Week 4 DQ 2 - Cost of switching suppliers

Can all costs be determined up-front when altering a supplier relationship? Explain how altering a supplier relationship would affect each of the following areas:

·         Warehousing

·         Delivery

·         Billing

·         Reliability

·         Quality of products or services

·         Transportation costs

Is cost the most important factor to be considered when changing suppliers? Why?