QUESTION 12 In sourcing, variable costs include: All costs associated with an item All costs associated with an item except for the price paid for the product The costs associated with storing an item The costs associated with shipping an item 2.5 points Save A QUESTION 13 A primary disadvantage of the market buy/outsource mode is: There is little administrative control and well established contract law to rely on. The market mode assumes an unrestricted market, or basically an ideal transaction featuring an absence of dependency and with governance accomplished through competition. Neither the buyer to the supplier relies on the other. Service providers are often "competed" into outsourcing agreements