Some North American companies are reexamining their global sourcing strategies,and favoring "reshoring" or sourcing at home because:
A) "Buy America" and "Buy Canada" legislation dictate the move.
B) wages in China are the same as North America.
C) lower energy costs in China are greatly offset by rapidly rising Chinese wages.
D) transportation costs have increased and energy costs in North America have decreased.
E) Western currencies have appreciated against the Chinese yuan.
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Q4: Supply availability is the most common criterion
Q5: Purchasing process benchmarking attempts to:
A)analyze a firm's
Q6: Research on the supply management process focuses
Q7: When cross-functional teams are used to conduct
Q8: The goal of research on purchased materials,products
Q10: The supply function can play a central
Q11: Supply management's contribution may be measured along
Q12: Trends in supply organization and leadership include:
A)more
Q13: The budget that covers all of the
Q14: Studies conducted in supply research include:
A)customers.
B)competitors.
C)supply processes.
D)customers
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