Which of the following formulas is used to calculate operating income on the income statement of a manufacturing company?

Which of the following figures does an analyst need to calculate from the income statement in order to calculate free cash flows?

ABC, Inc. has a supply management department responsible for placing orders. In spite of this, a designer from ABC's engineering department places an order with Supplier X for several products.
When the shipment arrives, it is rejected by the receiving department, as they cannot verify the order with supply management. To avoid this situation, the designer should have

A supply manager works with engineering on an aerospace project. A request for quotation (RFQ) Is distributed to five potential suppliers, three of whom respond that they are not interested In the project. The two remaining suppliers say they are interested, but a high level of risk involving tight tolerances will force them to raise prices significantly, and neither will accept a firm fixed price contract. The supply manager arranges a conference with engineering and both suppliers. During this conference, it is determined that only three of the tolerances are truly critical. Based on this conference, a revised RFQ is issued.
This scenario is an example of which of the following aspects of supply management?

A firm has contracted for the past 3 years with Supplier DEF to supply parts used in manufacturing. As the contract comes to an end, the parties enter into negotiations in the hopes of renewing the agreement. DEF proposes a new 3-year term with a 3% increase in price each year. The supply management team believes this price increase is higher than market value, so they execute a request for proposal (RFP) event for parts, In which DEF is Included. After reviewing the proposals, DEF is the successful bidder. DEF's proposal is for 3 years with only a 1% increase in price each year.
The price difference obtained through the RFP can BEST be described as which of the following?