JIT Purchasing and Production Systems Can Be Used in Service

question 144

True/False

JIT purchasing and production systems can be used in service industries as supplies and the labor to manage those supplies can be a significant cost element in some service organizations.

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Definitions:

Socialization

The process by which individuals learn and adopt the norms, values, behaviors, and social skills appropriate to their society.

Imprinting

A process occurring during a critical period in the development of an organism, in which that organism responds to a stimulus in a manner that will afterward be difficult to modify.

Assimilation

The cognitive process by which an individual incorporates new information or experiences into their existing framework of knowledge or schema.

Embryonic Stage

A critical phase of prenatal development that spans from implantation of the zygote in the uterine wall through the eighth week, where major organs and structures begin to form.