Applying Lean Systems to Supply Chain Relationships Has Which of the Following

question 36

Multiple Choice

Applying lean systems to supply chain relationships has which of the following risks?

• A)It encourages companies to buy at the lowest unit price.
• B)It encourages firms in the supply chain to hold extra inventory to protect themselves from failure.
• C)It makes the supply chain more vulnerable to performance breakdowns.
• D)All of these.

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Definitions:

Aromatic

Refers to chemicals that contain benzene rings, or similar ring structures, which are stable and have distinctive smells.

Antiaromatic

A term describing cyclic compounds that are unstable due to conjugated pi electrons disrupting the molecule’s planarity or symmetry.

Nonaromatic

Refers to compounds that do not have a conjugated system of electrons typical of aromatic compounds, lacking the distinctive stability and ring structure of benzene.

Allotropes

Different forms of the same element, with distinct physical and chemical properties, due to different arrangements of atoms or bonds (e.g., graphite and diamond are allotropes of carbon).