Which of the following is not true about the global standardization of a firm's manufacturing operations?
A. Fewer labor hours are needed for plant design because each new plant is essentially a scaled-up or scaled-down version of an existing one.
B. Standardization of production processes simplifies organization at headquarters by enabling the work to be accomplished with a smaller staff of support people.
C. The permanent group of experts that international companies maintain to give technical assistance to overseas plants will be larger but can be shared across more countries and sites.
D. Extra technicians accustomed to working with the same machinery can be borrowed from the domestic operation as needed.
Answer: C
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