At the End of a Recent Year, Solectron, a Big

question 162

Multiple Choice

At the end of a recent year, Solectron, a big Milpitas, California, electronics contractor, made half of its purchases under vendor-managed inventory programs.Solectron

• A)used a system in which its suppliers determined the product amount and assortment that should be in stock.
• B)had its suppliers perform all materials handing activities.
• C)authorized its suppliers to eliminate as many wholesaling functions as possible from the supply chain.
• D)authorized the use of distribution centers to provide quicker customer response times.
• E)balanced its total logistics cost by eliminating the convenience service factor.

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Definitions:

Stratified Random Sampling

Sampling in which randomly selected units from small or minority populations are forced into the sample to ensure that they are represented in proportion to their presence in the population.

Purposive Sampling

A non-random sampling technique in which the researcher selects participants based on specific characteristics or qualities.

Convenience Sampling

A sampling technique where participants are selected based on their availability or ease of access, rather than at random.

Volunteer Sampling

Obtaining a sample by asking for volunteers.