Customers Currently Link to Cisco's Website to Configure, Price, and Order

question 177

Multiple Choice

Customers currently link to Cisco's website to configure, price, and order its networking equipment. Cisco then sends orders back out across the Internet to producers and assemblers including Celestica, Flextronics, Jabil, and Solectron. Products are built and tested to Cisco's standards, sometimes with procedures run remotely by Cisco. Most items are then drop-shipped to buyers, untouched by Cisco's employees. This is a description of Cisco's

• A) virtual logistics.
• B) supply chain.
• C) electronic data interchange.
• D) strategic information alliance.
• E) product-specific delivery system.

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Definitions:

Hierarchy

A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

Multinational Corporations

Companies that operate in multiple countries beyond their home country, managing production or delivering services in various nations.