The Quality Corporation, Inc. pays particular attention to its suppliers and evaluates their ability to provide products in a timely manner, meet their product requirements, as well as evaluating their quality management system. In some cases, they have chosen suppliers whose price per unit is not the lowwest of the available suppliers because they are convinced that they will have lower net costs despite paying a slightly higher price. This is an example of which of Deming's $14$ points?

A$)$ Cease dependence on mass inspection. Require instead statistical evidence that quality is built in$.$

B$)$ Eliminate work standards that prescribe numerical goals.

C$)$ Eliminate numerical goals and slogans for the workforce asking for new levels of productivity without providing methods.

D$)$ End the practice of awarding business on the basis of price tag.