Which of the Following Is Not One of the Components

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not one of the components of material ordering cycle time that supply chain management practices directly affect?

• A) Transmission of requirements to suppliers.
• B) Suppliers' ordering and manufacturing cycle time.
• C) Allocation of manufacturing overhead costs.
• D) Delivery from suppliers.
• E) Incoming receipt and inspection.

---

Definitions:

Interval

A range between two numbers or points, often used to specify a period of time or a statistical range.

Standard Normal Distribution

A specific probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Z-score

A metric that depicts how far a certain value stands from the mean of a collection of values, using the unit of standard deviations for measurement.

First Quartile

The value below which 25% of the data falls, marking the lower quarter of a data set.