To Succeed with a Low-Cost Provider Strategy,company Managers Have to

question 28

Multiple Choice

To succeed with a low-cost provider strategy,company managers have to

• A) pursue backward or forward integration to detour suppliers or buyers with considerable bargaining power and leverage.
• B) move the performance of most all value chain activities to low-wage countries.
• C) sell direct to users of their product or service and eliminate use of wholesale and retail intermediaries.
• D) do two things: (1)perform value chain activities more cost-effectively than rivals and (2)be proactive in revamping the firm's overall value chain to eliminate or bypass "nonessential" cost-producing activities.
• E) outsource the majority of value chain activities.