Paragon CompanyAlvin, the production manager of Paragon Company, wants to select the best supplier of raw materials from among several vendors. He has several choices and has done research into which company provides the best services and products. One company is known to be extremely timely, another is much lower in price but often late in deliveries, and the third is well-known to provide the highest quality products available. According to the rational choice decision-making process, the first step in solving this problem would be to. A. choose the best decision process. B. evaluate the decision inputs. C. research the problem. D. identify the problem or opportunity. E. let all of these steps occur simultaneously.