As Joyce Guo, senior buyer at Trojan Technologies Inc. in London, Ontario, Canada, finished her presentation, Randy Haill, materials manager, made the following comments to her:

It appears there is a lot of opportunity, and I want to proceed to the next step. Joyce, I need you to lay out an implementation plan for low-cost region sourcing that we can take to the president for his approval. Our plan will have to include the sourcing process, a schedule and timeline for implementation, a budget, and the expected savings. We will also have to identify the risks and our