Peter Kraljic's Purchasing Portfolio Matrix
What will be an ideal response?
In the Purchasing Portfolio Matrix the rows capture the customer value and the columns the customer risk associated with purchasing and using a given offering. Following value assessments and risk analyses, supply managers categorize acquired offerings as either generics (e.g., MRO items), leverage items (e.g., raw materials), bottleneck items (e.g., essential spare parts), or criticals (e.g., new technology).
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
To gain insight into your personality and to check on your attitude, an interviewer may ask the following question: What do you expect to be doing three years from now?
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.