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?
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?