Joe Smith, senior manager of merchandise management at Beautiful Bags (BB), was about to place a large order for the approaching winter season. He had to decide exactly how many bits he should procure of each product.
But another big question whether BB should source the item from its national production facility, its Chinese providers, or some combination of the two given BB's enlarging merchandise categorization, labor prices, minimum order requirements, and the timing needs?
Supply Chain Management at Beautiful Bags case study solution
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