A Central Computer System at the Saturn Car Manufacturing Plant

question 89

Multiple Choice

A central computer system at the Saturn car manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, orders pre-inspected parts, from a single supplier at a specific time, to be delivered at one of the plant's 56 receiving docks. From this information, you know that the Saturn plant relies primarily on

• A) modified rebuy.
• B) straight task buy.
• C) new task buy.
• D) straight rebuy.

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