What can effective and efficient supply chain management systems enable an organization to accomplish?
A. Increase its supplier power
B. Increase switching costs to reduce the threat of substitute products or services
C. Decrease the power of its buyers
D. All of these
Answer: A
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A. strategy management. B. e-management. C. project management. D. knowledge management. E. morale management.
______ is a barrier to organizational change and compromises the ability to hear different points of view on important organizational matters.
A. Input B. Downward communication C. Voice D. Withholding information
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A. faster delivery speed at higher cost B. faster delivery speed at equivalent cost C. slower delivery speed at equivalent cost D. equivalent delivery speed at lower cost E. slower delivery speed at lower cost