The Advantages of Buying Component Parts from Independent Suppliers Are

question 9

Multiple Choice

The advantages of buying component parts from independent suppliers are that it gives the firm the following advantages:

• A) it may help the firm to capture orders from international customers, facilitates the scheduling of adjacent processes and, greater flexibility
• B) greater flexibility, facilitates the scheduling of adjacent processes and, protects proprietary production technology
• C) facilitates investments in highly specialized assets, protects proprietary product technology and, facilitates the scheduling of adjacent processes
• D) greater flexibility, it can help drive down the firm's cost structure and, it may help the firm to capture orders from international customers
• E) provides offsets, improved costs and new technologies

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Definitions:

Hardware

The physical components of a computer system, such as the CPU, RAM, hard drives, and so on.

Strategic

Relating to the identification and implementation of long-term or overall aims and interests.

Mass Storage Devices

Devices designed to store large amounts of data for long-term retention; examples include hard drives, solid-state drives, and tape libraries.

Magnetic Disks

Data storage devices that use magnetic storage to record and retrieve digital information using one or more rotating disks.