Question: please don't copy from previous post and answer all Chapter 4 - Discussion Question (DQ) # 2, 7, 11, 13, 21, 25, 30, 34 (DQ2)

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Chapter 4 - Discussion Question (DQ) # 2, 7, 11, 13, 21, 25, 30, 34

  1. (DQ2) What is the difference between purchasing and strategic sourcing?
  2. (DQ7) In what ways is corporate social responsibility different from business ethics?
  3. (DQ11) What are the benefits of sustainable sourcing? Can firms actually make money from sustainable sourcing? Do you think it is a good practice? Why ?
  4. (DQ13) How could you apply sustainability to a supply chain?
  5. (DQ21) What is outsourcing? How is it different from purchasing? Would a firm ever want to outsource a core product or process? Why or why not?
  6. (DQ25) Why is early supplier involvement a good way to integrate the supply chain?
  7. (DQ30) What makes supplier alliances fail? How can firms reduce the failure rate?
  8. (DQ34) If your firm had 500 suppliers and they each had 100 suppliers, how many second-tier suppliers would your firm have? What if your firm reduced its supply base to twenty?

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