Computer-Aided Manufacturing Enables the Production Line to Quickly Honor Customer

question 42

True/False

Computer-aided manufacturing enables the production line to quickly honor customer requests for changes in product design and product mix.

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Definitions:

Long-run Average Total Cost

The average cost per unit of output when all inputs, even physical capital, are adjustable, over a sufficient time period.

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, characterized by a reduction in average cost per unit when output is increased.

Diseconomies of Scale

The phenomenon where production costs per unit increase as the volume of output increases.

Constant Returns to Scale

A situation in economics where increasing the inputs in production proportionately increases the output.