________ allows a firm to increase profits and better match supply and demand if the firm produces a large variety of products whose demand is unpredictable, not positively correlated, and is of about the same size

A) Shortened forecasting window
B) Quick response
C) Postponement
D) Tailored sourcing


Answer: C

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