A supply manager for DEF Inc.

Vendor: ISM
Product: CORE
Update on: Oct 18, 2025
Questions: 312

ISM CORE Question Answer

A supply manager for DEF Inc. meets with the firm's operations team to discuss the requirements for a new piece of equipment. The team establishes the specifications, and the supply manager begins contacting suppliers. The supply manager finds that almost everything specified is outside the normal features of the equipment and will require custom modifications. These modifications will raise the cost to 2.5 times the amount budgeted. In this situation, which of the following should the supply manager do?

Review the specifications to ensure alignment between what is available and what is requested

Negotiate with the suppliers to get a price closer to the budgeted cost

Purchase the equipment as specified by the operations team and quoted by the suppliers

Source new suppliers for the equipment with better prices