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A company finds that tracking demand for products sold at its retail outlets makes forecasting a challenge. Which of the following would be MOST useful in providing rapid updates when dealing with suppliers?

Which of the following is TRUE’ 

An organization purchases material from several countries. These materials are assembled into products and sold in several other countries. This firm's product specifications will MOST likely reference

XYZ, Inc. notices that one of its suppliers has been failing to achieve on-time delivery, even though XYZ sends it a 6-month projected order forecast every month. The supplier claims that it takes nine months to receive important raw materials, and that this causes the poor delivery performance. Nevertheless, XYZ must continue purchasing from this supplier, as it is a sole supplier. Given this situation, which of following is the BEST course of action for XYZ to take

Over the past 90 days, a buying company's manufacturing engineers have reported an increase in the number of defective parts received from a key supplier. The engineers report that there are three different types of defects occurring, and that they are all being discovered during production. The supplier states that it does not have enough resources to assess the root cause of the three types of defects all at one time. Which of the following should the buying firm do in this instance?