Alkyl Ltd ,Designs Shoes Using Computer-Aided Design,and They Electronically Store All

question 47

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Alkyl Ltd. ,designs shoes using computer-aided design,and they electronically store all new product information,including manufacturing instructions.When the designers have finished their work,they electronically transmit all the blueprints for the new products to a network of Southeast Asian suppliers and manufacturers with which Alkyl Ltd. ,has formed strategic alliances.Instructions for the design of a new sole are sent to a supplier in India with instructions for the leather uppers to a supplier in Bhutan.The strategic alliance Alkyl Ltd. ,follows is an example of a _________________ structure.

• A) network
• B) decentralized
• C) vertically integrated
• D) diversified product
• E) horizontally integrated

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