1. Discuss how the strategy development process might work at a company like Bose.

2. What should be the relationship between Bose's supply management strategy and the development of its performance measurement system?

3. Why is purchased quality so important to Bose?

4. Can a just-in-time purchase system operate without total quality from suppliers?

5. Why can some components arrive at the Hillsdale, Michigan, plant with no incoming inspection required?

6. Discuss the reasons why Bose has a certificate of achievement program for identifying qualified suppliers.

7. Bose is moving toward single sourcing many of its purchased part requirements. Discuss why the company might want to do this. Are there any risks to that approach?

8. Discuss some difficulties a company like Bose might experience when trying to implement just-in-time purchasing with international suppliers.

9. Why does Bose have to source so much of its purchase requirements from offshore suppliers?

10.What makes the JIT II system at Bose unique? Why would a company pursue this type of system?