Firms That Thrive on Agile Supply Chains

question 24

Multiple Choice

Firms that thrive on agile supply chains:

• A) quickly tackle the shocks that come up in supply chain.
• B) change their configurations in response to long-term changes.
• C) treat their suppliers as partners and have "partner councils" with regular meetings.
• D) involve themselves in making a series of make-or-buy decisions.

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