At Some Catalog Retailers,employees on Roller Skates Called Pickers Are

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Multiple Choice

At some catalog retailers,employees on roller skates called pickers are handed a printout of the products a customer wants,and then the pickers skate through large warehouses accumulating the desired products into one central location.The pickers are engaged in .

• A)transportation
• B)inventory control
• C)materials handling
• D)enterprise resource planning
• E)warehousing

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Definitions:

Natural Monopolies

Market situations where a single supplier is more efficient in serving the entire market due to high fixed costs and significant economies of scale, commonly seen in utilities.

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Natural Monopoly

A market situation where a single supplier is most efficient in producing or supplying goods or services due to high fixed or startup costs.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, characterized by a reduction in the per-unit cost as production increases.