QUESTION $2(20$ Marks$)$

If Pick N Pay wants to establish itself as a leader in fresh goods, it needs to consider supplier performance metrics and

analyse its suppliers accordingly. You are hired in the tomato sourcing team and are asked to discuss the evaluation of

suppliers based primarily on QUALITY.

$2\mathrm{.}1.$ Discuss what the quality metric entails $(6$ marks$)$

$2\mathrm{.}2.$ Thereafter discuss how it would be relevant to the context of your role at Pick N Pay$$s tomato sourcing

team

$(8$ marks$)$

$2\mathrm{.}3.$ Lastly, provide a referenced example of a supermarket evaluating its suppliers using supplier

performance metrics.

$($This portion of the question may be answered in relation to supplier performance metrics as a whole, not just

$$quality$$ as a supplier performance metric$)$