Companies That Engage in Mass Customization

question 78

Multiple Choice

Companies that engage in mass customization:

• A)tend to have a relatively low production volume.
• B)tend to have a high production volume that involves highly standardized end-products.
• C)tend to have a high production volume,many standardized components,and customer-specified combinations of components.
• D)tend to have a high production volume,many unique components,and customer-specified combinations of components.
• E)could be typified by the refining operations of Shell Oil.

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Definitions:

Morpheme

The smallest significant unit of meaning in a word (e.g., the word boys has two morphemes, boy and -s).

Phoneme

The smallest significant unit of sound in a language. Alphabetic characters roughly correspond to phonemes (e.g., apt, tap, and pat are all made up of the same phonemes).

Hierarchical Structure

An organizational structure where entities are ranked one above the other based on their level of authority or importance.

Phonemes

The smallest units of sound in a language that are capable of conveying a distinct meaning.