Customers Currently Link to Cisco's Website to Configure, Price, and Order

question 177

Multiple Choice

Customers currently link to Cisco's website to configure, price, and order its networking equipment. Cisco then sends orders back out across the Internet to producers and assemblers including Celestica, Flextronics, Jabil, and Solectron. Products are built and tested to Cisco's standards, sometimes with procedures run remotely by Cisco. Most items are then drop-shipped to buyers, untouched by Cisco's employees. This is a description of Cisco's

• A) virtual logistics.
• B) supply chain.
• C) electronic data interchange.
• D) strategic information alliance.
• E) product-specific delivery system.

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Definitions:

Rank-Order Reversal

An occurrence where the position of individuals or items in a ranked list changes significantly, indicating a change in their relative standings or magnitudes over time.

Cumulative Continuity

refers to the psychological concept that personality traits become more stable and pronounced over time through the accumulation of consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Person-Environment Transactions

Interactions between individuals and their physical, social, and psychological environments that influence behavior and development.

Rank-Order Consistency

The stability of individual differences within a population over time, particularly in terms of personality traits.