Consider a packaged milk products supply chain. A lumber company provides wood to a paper mill, who supplies cardboard to a container manufacturer, who supplies containers to the milk products manufacturer. The lumber company is:
A) a tier one supplier.
B) a tier two supplier.
C) a tier three supplier.
D) a tier four supplier.
E) not in the supply chain.

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The lumber company is a tier three supplier because it supplies to the paper mill (tier two), which supplies to the container manufacturer (tier one), who then supplies directly to the milk products manufacturer.

Consider a Packaged Milk Products Supply Chain