An Third Party May Increase the Supply Chain Surplus by Aggregating

question 47

Multiple Choice

An third party may increase the supply chain surplus by aggregating warehousing needs over several firms. This is called

• A) capacity aggregation.
• B) inventory aggregation.
• C) warehouse aggregation.
• D) relationship aggregation.

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