With Respect to E-Procurement, Acosta, Ahold, Best Buy, Carrefour, Family

Multiple Choice

With respect to e-procurement, Acosta, Ahold, Best Buy, Carrefour, Family Dollar Stores, and several other companies joined forces to form a ________ called 1SYNC to use their combined leverage to obtain lower prices for raw materials.

A) manufacturer's co-op
B) supplier's co-op
C) middleman group
D) buying alliance
E) buying cabal