In 2011,CNN Reported That NCR National Cash Register Company)had Hired

question 354

Multiple Choice

In 2011,CNN reported that NCR National Cash Register Company) had hired 500 workers to build ATM machines and self-service check-out counters at a plant in Columbus,GA,with plans to hire several hundred more employees by 2014.In the past,these machines were built in Hungary,China,and Brazil.Both shipping costs and quality control were cited as the reasons these companies have elected to change production strategy to ______________.

• A)competency control
• B)benchmarking
• C)insourcing
• D)outsourcing

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Definitions:

Sample Value

A single observation or measurement taken from a larger set of data, known as a sample.

Significant Difference

A statistical assessment that shows that the observed results in a study were unlikely to have occurred by chance.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically used to measure the accuracy of sample mean estimates.

Population Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a population.