Companies Can Achieve Cost-Efficient Operations by Using Which of the Following

question 83

Multiple Choice

Companies can achieve cost-efficient operations by using which of the following inventory approaches?

• A) work-in-process to buffer operations
• B) inventory building to leverage reduced setup costs
• C) JIT inventory to reduce overall cost
• D) level work force maintenance through
• E) speculative selling

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