A Food Manufacturer Is Experiencing Coordination Problems Between Its Frozen

question 41

Multiple Choice

A food manufacturer is experiencing coordination problems between its frozen food division and its canned food division. The main control problem is that each product requires an entirely separate system for ordering supplies, packaging the product, and storing the product upon completion. Which structure would help solve these coordination problems?

• A)Multidivisional
• B)Matrix
• C)Market
• D)Product division

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