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Course: FunctioningIn Business Course: FunctioningIn Business CCoouurrssee::FFuunnccttiioonniinnggIInnBBuussiinneessss Module 4 Episode7KeepingInTouch It isThursdayafternoon, June 13th. Mr.Epstein andMr. BlakeareinEpstein’s office. They have just finishedmeeting Ms. Graham.At the meeting, Blake gave areport to Ms. Graham, with aproposal tofurther discount the price of the robots. Inaddition, Yamashita would send two engineers to Advanced Technologies. They would provide training to how to service the robots. A large number of spare parts, however, would have to be stored by Advanced Technology. Ms. Graham was pleased with Blake’s report, but she decided not to buy the robots from Yamashita Ltd. Epstein disagrees with Graham’s decision, and he is thinking about resigning. Hefeels thatAdvancedTechnologieswill not succeed if it isnot willing totakerisks. Hethinks it is a mistakenot tohave the very best technology inthe new factory.He hopes to keep in touch with Mr. Blake for future possibilities. Blake had made plans to fly to New York tomorrow. Another company, Federal Motors, is interested in Yamashita’s robotsand he isscheduled tomeet with them onMonday. E:Well, it’s too bad, but Iguess thingsworked out the way we thought they might. B: Yeah, but this has been a valuable experience for us. Now we know what our biggest problem withthe NorthAmerican market. E:Well, for me, I’mstill not happy.I think yourmachineryis the best on the market. It’s just too bad that I, we couldn’t convince Shirley. Still I can understand her point, too. She’s under a lot of pressure here to get this new operation going by October. B: Sure. E:Well, listen, what areyour plans from here? B: Well, tomorrow I’m flying to New York in the afternoon to meet with some perspective customers. E:Well, I certainlywish youthe best luck