A Company That Runs Its Trucks on a Mixture of Petroleum

Multiple Choice

A company that runs its trucks on a mixture of petroleum and ethanol buys its ethanol from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company because it is the only large supplier of ethanol that has an ethanol manufacturing facility in Illinois and is able to meet the trucking company's delivery schedules. The selection of ADM to provide the ethanol was based on a(n) :

A) organizational buying criterion.
B) derived demand factor.
C) supplier value dimension.
D) evaluative criterion.