Exam 4: Supply Management Integration for Competitive Advantage

Early visibility to product requirements allows supply management to share critical information with suppliers that can help avoid delays.

Which of the following is not a potential drawback of using a cross-functional sourcing team?

Purchasing offices were once corporate backwaters,filled with people who didn't dream of advancing to the top rungs of their organization.

Suppliers of critical nonstandard commodities are involved much later in the product development initiative.

Integration does not require that people create a common understanding of the end goal or purpose.

Supplier selection should never occur before a new part is actually designed or reaches production.