What Is the Practice of Transferring a Firm's Activities That

question 19

Multiple Choice

What is the practice of transferring a firm's activities that have traditionally been internal to external suppliers?

• A) nearshoring
• B) farshoring
• C) offshoring
• D) outsourcing
• E) backsourcing

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Definitions:

Demand Uncertainty

The lack of predictability in consumer demand for products or services, making inventory or production planning challenging.

Coefficient Of Variation

A statistical measure of the relative dispersion of data points in a data series around the mean, expressed as a percentage.

Safety Inventories

Additional stocks held beyond expected demand to mitigate the risk of stockouts due to demand and supply variability.

Centralization

The concentration of decision-making authority at the top levels of an organization, often leading to more consistent and efficient policy implementation.