Superior Supplies' Largest Customer Recently Implemented a Just-In-Time Inventory System

question 185

Multiple Choice

Superior Supplies' largest customer recently implemented a just-in-time inventory system. As a supplier of materials to this customer, Superior Supplies will:

• A) realize significant freedom in scheduling deliveries.
• B) likely increase its effort and likely experience higher transportation costs.
• C) place less emphasis on quality and greater emphasis on quantity.
• D) need to deliver large quantities at regularly scheduled intervals.

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