Can you answer this questions

1. Explain briefly the challenges faced by a supply manager working in a highly centralized structure and in a highly decentralized structure? How is team buying likely to affect the purchasing/ supply function over the next decade? 2. How does the use of an e-procurement system change the nature of the skills and knowledge required of supply management personnel? 3. Why would an organization outsource its logistics? Engineering? Marketing? How might one make the decision to outsource an activity or not? Explain briefly. 4. Why should a purchaser be familiar with the mathematics of quality control and inspection? What are the various costs associated with quality, and why is it difficult to determine the magnitude of some of these costs? Explain briefly. 5. What are the major cost categories that you would include when estimating a supplier's cost for a manufacturing item? How would you estimate such cost if the suppliers was either unwilling or unable to provide detailed cost breakdown