Author Question: Why have distribution and supply chain management moved to the top of the list when it comes to ... (Read 31 times)

DelorasTo · **on:** Jun 28, 2018

Why have distribution and supply chain management moved to the top of the list when it comes to achieving a sustainable competitive advantage?
a. Efficient and effective distribution systems are nearly impossible for competitors to copy.
b. Developing a good distribution system is a very inexpensive way to achieve a competitive advantage.
c. Because U.S. firms are trying to imitate the success of their Japanese counterparts.
d. Superior distribution will always overcome problems associated with selling an inferior product.
e. Because virtually all firms have developed integrated supply chain strategies.

Question 2

The analysis that discovers interesting relationships between items purchased on a single ticket (e.g. in the same
shopping cart) of consumers is:
a. Data harmonization
b. Data mining
c. Data fusion
d. Neural networks
e. Visualization