Brown Beverages Corp

question 10

Multiple Choice

Brown Beverages Corp. uses a cross-functional team to develop four to six new beverages annually. Brown Beverages Corp. most likely uses a cross- functional team because it:

• A)allows the company to use employees from various departments with varying perspectives to attack the task.
• B)allows the team members to work individually.
• C)ensures that the team members can go back to their original teams once they have finished developing the beverages.
• D)ensures that the members will be able to work together irrespective of their locations.
• E)allows the company to get input from all of its external stakeholders.

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Definitions:

Available Capacity

The maximum amount of work that an organization is capable of completing in a given period without exceeding its resources.

Demand Matching

The process of aligning supply with customer demand through inventory management and production planning.

Supply Chain Profits

The total earnings generated from all activities and stages involved in the production and distribution of a company's products, from raw materials to final delivery.

Planning

The process of making strategic decisions and setting goals and objectives to achieve desired outcomes in the future.