A System That Calls for Subassemblies and Components to Be

question 17

Multiple Choice

A system that calls for subassemblies and components to be manufactured in very small lots and delivered to the next stage of the production process as they are needed is referred to as:

• A) formalization.
• B) just-in-time.
• C) mass customization.
• D) continuous processing.
• E) standardization.

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Definitions:

Sympatric Speciation

Origin of new species in populations that overlap geographically.

Reproductive Isolation

A set of mechanisms that prevent different species from mating or ensure that any offspring produced are sterile.

Geographic Isolation

A mechanism of evolutionary separation where populations of a species are physically separated by geographic barriers leading to species divergence.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, a key mechanism of evolution.