THIS IS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION:Assume you are an e-procurement officer for an office furniture manufacturer of steel office equipment. You have a single factory located in the Midwest with 2000 employees. You sell about 40 percent of your office f
THIS IS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION:Assume you are an e-procurement officer for an office furniture manufacturer of steel office equipment. You have a single factory located in the Midwest with 2000 employees. You sell about 40 percent of your office furniture to retail-oriented catalog outlets such as Quill in response to specific customer orders and the remainder of your output is sold to resellers under long-term contracts. You have a choice of purchasing raw steel inputsmostly cold rolled sheet metal from an exchange and/or from an industry consortium. Which alternative would you choose and why? Prepare for company management a thorough a five-to-seven-slide PowerPoint presentation outlining the pros and cons of each option your chosen alternative and the reasoning for your position.