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Bonnie Hitchcock, a supply manager for Hamilton Technologies, attended an electronics trade show to learn about the latest developments in her industry. At the show, she visited several exhibits of her current electronics suppliers as well as other exhibits from potential electronic manufacturing suppliers (EMS), a commodity area in which she needed to increase capabilities and capacity. As she turned the corner at the end of the EMS aisle, she bumped into the sales manager from a recently disqualified EMS supplier.

Q. The supplier asked for another chance. What should Hitchcock do?

a)Excuse herself and say the exhibit floor is no place to discuss confidential business.

b)Tell the sales manager that all supplier disqualification decisions are final and there is no opportunity to re-establish a business relationship.

c)Send the sales manager a request for quotation to see if his pricing is attractive enough to add the company back on the approved supplier list.

d)Ask the sales manager to provide a written request for reinstatement, providing Hitchcocks sourcing team with a detailed report showing how the supplier has permanently corrected the shortcomings that had it disqualified.