Production Flexibility Should Help a Supplier Support Its Business Customers

question 87

Multiple Choice

Production flexibility should help a supplier support its business customers with:

• A) just-in-time delivery
• B) EDI
• C) rapid response replenishment of inventories
• D) computerized reorder capabilities
• E) any of the above

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Definitions:

1970s

The decade extending from January 1, 1970, to December 31, 1979, noted for significant political, social, and economic events worldwide.

Open-market Operations

Central bank activities involving the buying and selling of government securities in the open market to control the money supply and interest rates.

U.S. Government Securities

Financial instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to fund federal government spending.

Federal Open Market Committee

The branch of the Federal Reserve System responsible for setting monetary policy, including the manipulation of interest rates and the money supply.