In the Final and Most Advanced Stage of Supply Management

question 72

True/False

In the final and most advanced stage of supply management strategy development, supply management has assumed a tactical orientation with reporting directly to lower-level management and a simple internal, rather than a strong external, customer focus.

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Definitions:

Implicit Cost

The opportunity costs of using resources that a firm already owns to make its products, as opposed to renting, selling, or using them in another way.

Forgone Rent

The potential income lost by choosing to use a property or resource in a way that is not financially optimal or by not using it at all.

Economic Profits

The surplus generated from business activities after accounting for both explicit and implicit costs, including opportunity costs, representing above-normal returns.

Explicit Costs

Direct, out-of-pocket payments for costs of production, such as wages, rent, and materials, that a company incurs in conducting its business.