Case Study"Are Suppliers Partners, Friends, or

Enemies?"

Barbara Nellie and Sandy Watson have just given one another a

high five.Close friends and neighbors for several years now, they

each recently sent their youngest child off to college.

For the pastfew years they have dreamed of opening a small restaurant so

they could re-enter the work force after many years of being stay-

at-home moms.

Barbara's husband, a dentist, and Sandy's husband, an electrical

engineering contractor, have agreed to finance the new venture

for their spouses.They have their name selected"Delicious

Deli" - the concept (a delicatessen), the theme (contemporary

fashions), and the location (2,000 sq. ft. in a strip mall).

They are now getting calls, emails, letters, and walk-in visits by all

sorts of vendors who want their business for the products they

sell.Both of them are feeling a bit overwhelmed and have come

to a conclusion that they need to develop a checklist by which

they can evaluate vendors and assist in making the right

selection.They have no experience in this regard and ask you

help them.You agree to do so, for a fee.

Question:-

1.What will be on the checklist you develop to evaluate suppliers?

2. Write a short summary of the case study?