Which of the Following Is Not True About the Global

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true about the global standardization of a firm's manufacturing operations?

• A) Standardization of production processes simplifies organization at headquarters by enabling the work to be accomplished with a smaller staff of support people.
• B) Fewer labor hours are needed for plant design because each new plant is essentially a scaled-up or scaled-down version of an existing one.
• C) The permanent group of experts that international companies maintain to give technical assistance to overseas plants will be larger but can be shared across more countries and sites.
• D) Extra technicians accustomed to working with the same machinery can be borrowed from the domestic operation as needed.

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