When the law office of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe received the case of legal paper it had ordered from an Internet office supply retailer, the office manager was dismayed to find the paper was pink even though it was marked white. The office manager packed the paper and sent it back to the retailer who in turn sent it back to the vendor. This is an example of
A. backwards distribution.
B. a reverse supply chain.
C. backwards handling.
D. demarketing.
E. resourcing.
Answer: B
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A. production-oriented B. charismatic C. job-centered D. transformational E. employee-centered
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a. A change in inventory methods can be justified if the change is made to better match profits with revenue. b. Changing inventory methods affects consistency. c. One place that the reader of an annual report would be able to identify that a company changed inventory methods is the statement of stockholders' equity. d. Tax advantages are valid justification for changing inventory methods.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
A(n) ______ begins with the birth of a new technology and ends when it is replaced by a newer, substantially better technology.
a. technology adoption curve b. technology cycle c. systems process d. innovation period