Cost-Efficient Management of a Company's Overall Value Chain Activities Requires

question 74

Multiple Choice

Cost-efficient management of a company's overall value chain activities requires that management

• A) ferret out cost-saving opportunities in every part of the value chain.
• B) undertake an operations functionality redesign.
• C) establish sales productivity and operating practices guidelines.
• D) re-create rivals' assembly plant structuration savings.
• E) pursue a differentiation strategy that can be easily copied.

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