Author Question: A farm equipment company recently renovated its parts distribution warehouse and installed ... (Read 172 times)

luminitza · **on:** Jul 21, 2018

A farm equipment company recently renovated its parts distribution warehouse and installed
computerized equipment to speed parts selection and distribution. This type of change to a
facility is an example of

a. a just-in-time inventory control.
b. an employee involvement.
c. an operations management.
d. a research and development enhancement.
e. a downsizing.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors cited in the text as a reason for the
productivity slowdown in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s?

a. Stabilization of the education level
b. Increased levels of inexperienced people in the work force
c. Extremely high trade deficits
d. Decline in quality of U.S. production facilities
e. Rapid growth of the service sector