ou have a dual role at your small company, Curtis Precision Equipment -- as a purchasing agent for the supplies that go into creating Curtis's consumer jewelry-cleaning kits, and also as a marketer selling the jewelry-cleaning kits to retailers. You have two major goals: 1) to select a vendor to provide components for Curtis's jewelry-cleaning kits, and 2) to sell the jewelry-cleaning kits to the Swazzi chain of clothing stores. Your tasks as a purchasing agent include deciding the most important criteria for identifying suppliers, selecting a supplier, and deciding whether to continue with a supplier's service based on its performance. Your tasks as a marketer include making contact with Swazzi, selecting an appropriate marketing approach for appealing to Swazzi, and managing production problems in order to keep Swazzi satisfied as a client