In today's highly competitive global markets, operations managers:
A. realize that a product that offers better features attracts more customers than one that has a lower price.
B. recognize that achieving efficiency is more important than achieving effectiveness.
C. focus primarily on keeping costs low to make a profit while keeping prices competitive.
D. focus solely on the benefits of products, while completely ignoring the costs of manufacturing those products.
Answer: A
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