Suzy jones is trying to decide whether to use one or two suppliers for the motors than go into the chain saws that her company produces. she wants to use local suppliers because her firm runs a jit operation. her factory is located in a coastal town that is prone to hurricanes. she estimates that the probability in any year of a "super-event" that might shut down all suppliers at the same time for at least two weeks is 5%. such a total shutdown would cost the company approximately $100,000. she estimates the "unique-event" risk for any of the suppliers to be 10%. assuming that the marginal cost of managing an additional supplier is $12,000 per year, should suzy use one or two suppliers?

Which of the following is an example of groupthink? select one: a. the five officers of tricom are planning a venture they know to be highly profitable. two know the plan to be illegal. nevertheless, they do not voice their concerns, but go along with the team's plan b. the five officers of tricom devise a highly profitable plan. tim, the cfo, points out to the group that the plan will likely garner the company a good deal of negative publicity. tim states that he will not endorse the team's plan c. jim, dean and dax draw up plans for a new printing company. they have all thought through their plans and no one has any criticisms or concerns d. two africans approach a motor company for a dealership. the company informs them that the vast majority of black dealers are not successful in making a profit they convince the africans against making the deal