Challenges Facing Operations and Supply Chain Managers Signify That

question 39

Multiple Choice

Challenges facing operations and supply chain managers signify that

• A) more emphasis should be placed on manufacturing than on service industries.
• B) every operation should be externally directed to meet the customers' requirements.
• C) operations decisions should precede decisions in other functions in an organization.
• D) to be competitive, strategies for operations should have a narrow focus such as consideration of the effects of industry changes only.

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