Understand the concept
Record capability, quality history, lead time, and financial exposure.
Teaching action
Ask the learner to restate the principle using their own example.
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Veteran owned · American made · Honor · Serve · Inspire
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BUSINESS / INTERMEDIATE / INSTRUCTOR
Outcome: Compare suppliers on more than unit cost.
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Record capability, quality history, lead time, and financial exposure.
Ask the learner to restate the principle using their own example.
Request comparable quotes with the same specifications.
Work one case together and narrate the decision at each step.
Stress-test a missed shipment and alternate source.
Give the learner a new case; observe the process before offering a correction.
Score suppliers with weighted, visible criteria.
Request an independent explanation and ask which assumptions might change the result.
Choose between two chocolate packaging suppliers.
Show weights, evidence for each score, sensitivity, and a backup plan.
Accept a written, spoken, or accessible equivalent response when it demonstrates the same skill. Mark each criterion met, developing, or missing; never mark attendance alone as competency.
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