Continuing to obtain covers from its own Greenville Cover Plant would allow Mobile Seating Corporation to maintain its current level of control over the quality of the covers and the timing of their delivery. Keeping the Greenville Cover Plant open also allows Mobile Seating Corporation more flexibility than purchasing the coverings from outside suppliers.
Mobile Seating Corporation could more easily alter the coverings’ design
and change the quantities produced, especially if long-term contracts are required with outside suppliers. Mobile Seating Corporation should also consider the economic impact that closing Greenville Cover will have on the community and how this might affect Mobile Seating
Corporation’s other operations in the region.