1. What recommendations would you make to John Wolf with respect to structuring the supplier relationship process for the Wolf Motors dealer Ship network?
2. How might purchasing policies are procedures differ as the dealership purchase different types of service parts and materials (for example. lubricants versus genuine GM parts?
3. How can supply chain design and Integration help John Wolf reduce investment and space requirements while maintaining adequate service levels?

John Wolf, president of Wolf Motors. t returned to his office after visiting the company’s newly acquired automotive dealership. It was the forth Wolf Motors’ dealership in a network that served a metropolitan area of 400,000 people. Beyond the metropolitan area, but within a 45-minute drive, were another 500,000 people. Each of the dealership in the network marketed a different make of automobile and historically had operated autonomously.