When Hewlett-Packard Simplified Its Contracts and Reduced Them from 20

question 181

Multiple Choice

When Hewlett-Packard simplified its contracts and reduced them from 20 pages to 2 pages, it was engaging in

• A) quality/cost studies.
• B) statistical process control.
• C) getting closer to the customer.
• D) value-added analysis.
• E) benchmarking.

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Definitions:

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Incentive Value

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