Black Company produces vacuum-molded plastic chairs. They make three different types of chairs a basic model, a model with arms, and a high-backed model. Their supplier of plastic has had supply chain disruptions and therefore Black Co. has a limited supply of plastic available.

Which of the following would be an action Black Co. could implement in the short-term to help with their constrained resource issue?

Multiple Choice

• outsource the production of some of their chairs

• purchase and install new machines that use less plastic

• develop a new chair design that doesnt use plastic

• lower the selling price on their chairs