Customers Currently Link to Cisco's Website to Configure, Price, and Order

question 177

Multiple Choice

Customers currently link to Cisco's website to configure, price, and order its networking equipment. Cisco then sends orders back out across the Internet to producers and assemblers including Celestica, Flextronics, Jabil, and Solectron. Products are built and tested to Cisco's standards, sometimes with procedures run remotely by Cisco. Most items are then drop-shipped to buyers, untouched by Cisco's employees. This is a description of Cisco's

• A) virtual logistics.
• B) supply chain.
• C) electronic data interchange.
• D) strategic information alliance.
• E) product-specific delivery system.

Recognize and apply correct comma usage surrounding geographical names and introductory phrases.

Understand and apply comma rules in complex sentences and when addressing someone directly.

Identify and use commas correctly in lists and series.

Understand the use of commas with conjunctions to separate independent clauses.

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Definitions:

Federal Prison Populations

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Employment Equality

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Bureaucratized

The process or state by which an organization or system becomes overly regulated, formalized, and characterized by rigid adherence to rules, diminishing its adaptability and efficiency.

Social Transformation

The significant alteration over time in behavior patterns, social structures, and cultural values within a society.