An Organization Decides to Use Crowdsourcing in Its New-Product Development

question 9

Multiple Choice

An organization decides to use crowdsourcing in its new-product development process.Crowdsourcing will be used during the ________ stage of product development.

• A) business analysis
• B) idea generation
• C) idea screening
• D) test marketing
• E) commercialization

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Definitions:

Standard Cost

A predetermined cost of manufacturing a product or performing a service under normal conditions, used for budgeting and performance evaluation.

Direct Labour

The wages paid to workers who are directly involved in the manufacturing of products or providing services.

Standard Variable Overhead Rate

is a predetermined rate used to allocate variable overhead costs to each unit of production based on a particular activity, such as labor hours.

Ideal Standards

Standards that assume perfect operating conditions with no inefficiencies, waste, or delays, used for benchmarking or motivating improvement.