Value-Added Activities

question 121

Multiple Choice

Value-added activities

• A) should be minimized or eliminated.
• B) involve those activities that are essential to a company's operations.
• C) add cost to a product without affecting selling price.
• D) cannot be differentiated from non-value-added activities.

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