NSL Corporation Produces and Sells Bookcases and Magazine Racks

question 147

Essay

NSL Corporation produces and sells bookcases and magazine racks. Its production operation is organized into three parts: fabrication (where the wood and other raw materials are cut), assembly (where the cut materials are assembled into finished products), and painting (where the final products are painted and prepared for customers). NSL is considering outsourcing one of the three functions, each of which would have an equal financial effect on the corporation overall. Discuss why each of the following qualitative factors might be so important that it could override quantitative considerations for this decision:
a)Ability to ensure high quality
b)Timeliness of delivery
c)Whether NSL's managers consider the function to be a core competency

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Definitions:

Glomerular Capsule

A cup-shaped structure in the kidney that encases the glomerulus and initiates the filtration process of blood.

Efferent Arteriole

A small blood vessel that carries blood away from the glomerulus of the kidney after filtration has occurred.

Peritubular Capillaries

Tiny blood vessels that surround the tubules in the kidney, involved in reabsorption and secretion during urine formation.

Efferent Arteriole

A small blood vessel that leads away from the glomerulus of the kidney after filtration has occurred, playing a role in regulating blood pressure and filtration rate.