The Use of a Part-Time Workforce to Increase the Capacity

question 93

True/False

The use of a part-time workforce to increase the capacity flexibility by enabling the firm to have more people at work during peak periods is designing product flexibility into the production processes.

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Definitions:

Committees of Correspondence

Groups formed in the American colonies to maintain communication with one another as they resisted British policy in the run-up to the American Revolution.

Communications Network

A system of interconnected devices and facilities that enable the transmission of data and messages across long distances.

Local Laws

Regulations and ordinances that are enacted and enforced by local government entities such as cities or counties.

Tea Act

A 1773 British law that lowered the tax on tea to aid the financially troubled British East India Company, leading to the Boston Tea Party and escalating tensions between Britain and the American colonies.