It is important for all supply chain members to first understand the important characteristics upon which the supply chain end product is competing. Once this is understood, the supply chain members should all be using strategies consistent with those competitive characteristics when delivering their product and/or service

"John, age 55, owns a whole life policy with a face amount of $100,000 for which the annual premium is $1,000. John explains to his agent that he lost his job and cannot afford his $1,000 annual premium but still desires to have life insurance to age 100. What nonforfeiture option could John's agent recommend to him?

A) Reduced paid-up policy B) Reduced premium C) Modified endowment contract D) There are no options, since John can't afford to pay the premium anymore"

In capital budgeting analysis, when computing the weighted average cost of capital, the CAPM

approach is typically used to find which of the following? A) pretax component cost of debt B) after-tax component cost of debt C) market value weight of equity D) component cost of internal equity