To be a Walmart supplier, a firm must be able to deliver its products to Walmart's distribution centers within a 16-minute window. If the driver arrives before or after the scheduled window, the supplier will be turned away and fined. Walmart's insistence on choosing a supplier based upon its ability to provide on-time delivery is an example of
A) a supplier value dimension.
B) a derived demand factor.
C) an evaluative criterion.
D) an external performance measure.
E) an organizational buying criterion.

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Walmart's requirement for on-time delivery is an organizational buying criterion, which refers to the standards and specifications that organizations use to evaluate and select suppliers.

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