Sematech Is a Producer of Computer Chips

question 33

Multiple Choice

Sematech is a producer of computer chips. To gain an advantage over other computer chip makers, Sematech focuses on reducing its costs below all of its competitors and has aligned its value chain accordingly. Recently, several of Sematech's competitors have begun to reduce the company's competitive advantage. In response to this threat, Sematech has decided to add production capacity in an effort to lower costs.
-If Sematech decided to focus on building its technological hardware, it would focus on elements such as

• A) robots.
• B) organizational culture.
• C) the quality of organizational controls.
• D) the quality of relations among labor and management.

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