The supply chain manager has developed a supplier relationship management program that operates at multiple levels. One level is supplier certification. Given the following data from their SCM answer the questions that follow:

	SUPPLIER RATINGS		SUPPLIER FINAL VALUE
Performance Measure	Supplier A	Supplier B	Supplier C	Supplier D	Weight	Supplier A	Supplier B	Supplier C	Supplier D
Cost	80	85	70	78	0.10
Delivery	85	80	85	82	0.15
Environmental	75	85	65	88	0.10
Quality	95	93	89	89	0.20
Responsiveness	80	90	84	84	0.25
Technology	92	90	87	98	0.20
TOTAL SCORE					1.00

a. Fill in the missing cell for each supplier by calculating the final value.

b. Are there any suppliers the manager should be concerned about, i.e., replace, give additional business to, or place into her supplier development program? Why or why not?

c. Assuming the company recognises suppliers at the annual awards ceremony if they meet the preferred classification standard for any of the specific performance measures, would any of the four suppliers qualify for an award? If so, who and for which performance measures?

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b The manager should consider suppliers with lower final values as they may indic... View the full answer