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

question 21

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 standards, sometimes with procedures run
Remotely by Cisco. Most are then drop shipped to buyers, untouched by human hands on Cisco's payroll. The individuals who monitor these transactions and make sure each is performed in a cost effective and timely fashion are engaged in:

• A)point-to-point management.
• B)supply chain management.
• C)just-in-time management.
• D)total distribution cost management.

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Definitions:

Disillusionment Period

A phase during recovery from a traumatic event where individuals confront the gap between their expectations and reality.

Trauma

Emotional, psychological, or physical distress experienced as a result of a distressing or life-threatening event.

Adjustment

The process of adapting or becoming accustomed to new situations, conditions, or changes in one’s environment or circumstances.

Adaptation

A process by which organisms adjust to changes in their environment in order to improve their chances of survival.