Two Basic Types of Decision Alternatives Are Used to Arrive

question 9

Multiple Choice

Two basic types of decision alternatives are used to arrive at acceptable production or staffing plans: supply options and demand options. If an organization that faces seasonal demand uses a supply option approach, which one of the following actions is it most likely to implement?

• A) introduction of complementary products
• B) creating a stock of anticipation inventory
• C) advertising to generate demand during off-peak periods
• D) discounting products in off-peak periods

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Definitions:

Passive Margin

A continental margin that is not associated with a plate boundary and generally experiences less tectonic activity, often featuring thick sediment deposits.

Supercontinent

A massive landmass consisting of all, or nearly all, of the Earth's continents merged together, which has formed and broken apart several times in Earth's history.

Rodinia

An inferred supercontinent, consisting of all the continents joined, that existed near the Precambrian-Paleozoic boundary.

Taconic Orogeny

An early Paleozoic orogeny that occurred in the northern Appalachians and is interpreted to represent a collision between an island arc and North America.