GSCM 460 THE PEACH COMPUTER COMPANY

THE PEACH COMPUTER COMPANY Donald Bright, supply manager at the Peach Computer Company, was preparing his notes for a meeting to be held that afternoon. The meeting concerned the construction of a new 6 million, 120,000-square-foot building to be located near Dayton, Ohio. The principle issue to be discussed, and hopefully resolved, was what method of specification the firm should use in the purchase of its new building. When the requirement for the building first arose, the plant engineer at Peach advocated the use of a design firm as the desired method of developing the specifications. Such firms were employed successfully by Peach on seven previous construction projects it had completed during the past five years. Under this approach, a design...