Computer Maker,Dell,realized the Problems with Keeping Large Inventories,especially Because of the Fast

question 18

Multiple Choice

Computer maker,Dell,realized the problems with keeping large inventories,especially because of the fast rate of obsolescence of electronics components.Dell now keeps only about two hours of inventory in its factories.The company is most likely using a ________.

• A) scan-based trading system
• B) customer-managed inventory system
• C) just-in-time inventory management system
• D) vendor-managed inventory system
• E) just-in-case inventory management system

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Definitions:

Enolate

An anion formed by the removal of an alpha hydrogen from a carbonyl compound by a base, creating a carbon-nitrogen double bond adjacent to a carbonyl group.

Alkylation

A chemical process that involves adding an alkyl group to a molecule, enhancing its complexity or reactivity.

Deuterium Atoms

Heavy hydrogen atoms that contain one proton and one neutron in the nucleus, often used as a tracer or in nuclear reactors.

Catalytic Base

A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction by providing an alternative reaction pathway with lower activation energy, and which participates in the reaction as a base (accepting protons).