"Vincent is trying to analyze how important is suppliers are to his business. He wants to know which supplier is best for long-term relationship. If he has to apply the supplier relationship management (SRM) strategy, Vincent should most likely begin the analysis by first"
A- conducting a life cycle costing of all the capital equipment used by his business.
B-determining the competition for his businesses vendors in the market.
C- determining the benchmarking standards of his business against other businesses in the market.
D- calculating how much amount is spent with each vendor and for which products.
E- conducting a bottom up forecasting of his businesses products.

Required: 1-a. the marketing manager argues that a $5,000 increase in the monthly advertising budget would increase monthly sales by $9,000. calculate the increase or decrease in net operating income. 1-b. should the advertising budget be increased ? yes no hintsreferencesebook & resources hint #1 check my work 8.value: 1.00 pointsrequired information 2-a. refer to the original data. management is considering using higher-quality components that would increase the variable expense by $2 per unit. the marketing manager believes that the higher-quality product would increase sales by 10% per month. calculate the change in total contribution margin. 2-b. should the higher-quality components be used? yes no