Amanda was just hired to work for a federal agency in the procurement department. Amanda shops for the best buys possible and thinks she has found a great deal. She returns to her office and tells her supervisor about her discovery. Her boss tells her to be sure that the Buy American Act is satisfied. Amanda decides to research the law. What will she find?
a. That under all circumstances federal agencies must purchase products that are 100% made in the U.S.A.
b. That under all circumstances federal agencies must purchase products with at least 75% of the components made in the U.S.A.
c. That unless the price is a certain percentage higher than the price of the equivalent foreign product, federal agencies must buy products with at least 50% of the components made in the U.S.A.
d. That federal agencies may buy foreign made products so long as it can be established that a representative did comparison shopping and established that the foreign made good is a better deal than the made in the U.S.A. product.
c
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Nonpunitive ethics programs would be more effective for which of the following types of cultures?
a. Feminine b. Masculine c. Low context d. High context
To avoid litigation, some credit-granting companies
a. choose not to respond to customer requests for credit. b. choose to omit from their letters the explanation for credit denial. c. make the name and address of the credit bureau inaccessible to the consumer. d. refuse credit by phone rather than in writing.
Explain the role of each of the major drivers of supply chain performance
What will be an ideal response?