Creativity Was Needed to Improve Efficiency Without Raising Costs at One

question 54

Multiple Choice

Creativity was needed to improve efficiency without raising costs at one automobile maker. Over the last few years, the company has successfully implemented a creative engineering program that allows its plants to produce more than one type of car from the same assembly line. This successful change to a flexible manufacturing system is an example of____________ .

• A) corporate synergy
• B) organizational innovation
• C) assembly networking
• D) organizational networking
• E) reverse engineering

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Definitions:

dsRNA

Double-stranded RNA, a molecular structure consisting of two complementary strands of RNA which can interfere with gene expression.

Single Stranded DNA

DNA consisting of only one strand, as opposed to the double-stranded structure of typical DNA, often found in some viruses.

Synthetic Strand DNA

refers to artificially created sequences of DNA that are synthesized to study genetic functions or for use in biotechnology.

Polydnaviruses

Virus particles that consist of multiple circles of dsDNA surrounded by capsid proteins and an envelope; they lack DNA coding for proteins needed for viral replication, but this DNA is provided by ovary cells of the wasps they inhabit.