What Can Effective and Efficient Supply Chain Management Systems Enable

question 45

Multiple Choice

What can effective and efficient supply chain management systems enable an organization to accomplish?

• A) Increase the power of its buyers
• B) Increase its supplier power
• C) Increase switching costs to increase the threat of substitute products or services
• D) All of these

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Definitions:

Id

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the human psyche that is the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

Superego

The part of personality that, according to Freud, represents internalized ideals and provides standards for judgment (the conscience) and for future aspirations.

Reality Principle

An ego function to delay gratification of the id’s desires until an appropriate object and mode of satisfaction is found in the real world.

Pleasure Principle

A psychological concept suggesting individuals seek immediate gratification of needs and desires to avoid pain.