1. Supply managers frequently visit suppliers at their plants. Is there any reason why a supply professional might want to ask a supplier's representative to visit him or her at the supply manager's plant? Explain.
2. What do you think went wrong in the importing of toys, toothpaste, and some food items from China in 2007? What actions could have presented those disasters?
3. Evaluate the decision of Hobby Lobby to spend considerable resources in refusing to offer coverage of “abortifascient” birth control methods and taking their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.