You work for a pet food manufacturing company with factories in two states. One of the factories recently experienced serious downtime when a motor on a conveyor line failed and delivery of the replacement parts was delayed. As the new operations manager, the CEO is consulting with you on ways to prevent similar problems in the future. CEO:
This was an expensive oversight that resulted in a lot of lost work hours and delayed deliveries. What changes do we need to make to keep this from happening again?
You:
Currently we're only working with a single SelectSKUSICB2CMROItem 1 supplier for replacement parts like this. That's really unusual in our industry. I suggest we shop around for 2-4 additional suppliers to build relationships with.
CEO:
Sounds like a great idea. So where will we find these suppliers? How will we choose the good ones?
You:
One option is to join a(n) Selectprivate exchangeconsolidated exchangeindependent exchangemarketplace exchangeItem 1 where we can partner with other food manufacturers for more negotiating power to get better prices with proven suppliers.
CEO:
Our procurement needs might be a bit different than other food manufacturers. Will an exchange be able to provide us with what we're looking for?
You:
Suppliers use Selectpurchase managementmarket segmentationautomated workflowdemographic managementItem 1 techniques to adapt to the various needs of different B2B customers. If we join an exchange that includes other pet food manufacturers, I'll think we'll find a ready-made supply chain to meet our needs.
Your Web design and development agency has just been hired by a multimedia news company to develop a new Website for disseminating their media content to the public. The company already has a basic Website where they post videos, articles, and blogs. However, the company needs to differentiate between free and paid content, and support subscription services both for customers and for businesses who repost content to their own Websites. As an account manager, you’re on the phone with the client’s marketing manager to strategize about some of the planned Website’s features and capabilities.
Client:
In the news business, there's a lot of ebb and flow to our Website traffic. A crisis happens, or there's bad weather on the way, or an upcoming election—these things bring a lot of extra traffic to our site. How will you build the new site to handle these variations?
You:
We can host your Web servers in the cloud using a(n) -capacitymanagedItem 1 server group that will automatically increase or decrease the amount of resources running your Website. It adjusts automatically with no service outage, and also minimizes your costs.
Client:
Our customers will need to be able to submit payment information for their subscriptions. How can we make sure their information is safe as it's coming into our Website?
You:
We incorporate SelectSSLPCITLSCAItem 1 to encrypt communications between users and the Web servers.
Client:
That's good to know. Is there anything else we can do to help keep our customers' accounts secure?
You:
We can require tokensMFAItem 1 so that your customers have to use some other identity check in addition to a password, like a text message or an authentication app on their phones.