Yesterday, linda overheard a surprisingly unpleasant encounter between the manager of the hardware store where she works and a sales rep who sells a well-known line of tools. the sales rep insisted that his tools should be more prominently displayed and that a better assortment would mean more sales. the manager had other plans and told him so, and the conversation turned into a loud argument. what linda observed was an example of?

Supply chain conflict

Explanation:

Supply chain conflict is defined as the dispute that is faced in business between the organization or firms and suppliers.There are  several areas where supply chain conflict can occur such as management field, financial department, quality area, business environment etc.

According to the situation mentioned in question, Linda is observing supply chain conflict between the store's manager and sales representative.The dispute has occurred due to different opinion of tool assortment which made them argue in loud tones.

As the conflict has occurred between the manager and tool sale representative who are the part of supply chain thus the matter is denoted as supply chain conflict.