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Ebrown

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What is the goal of the systems concept?
 a. To effectively coordinate materials management and physical distribution and their various components to result in maximum cost-effectiveness while maintaining service goals and requirements.
 b. To have an acceptable rather than the highest customer service level possible.
 c. To minimize the firm's overall logistics cost by implementing the total cost concept appropriately.
 d. To provide the firm, its suppliers, and its customers, both domestic and foreign, with the benefits of synergism expected from the coordinated application of size.

Question 2

Every time you go to the store, you purchase AquaPro brand of bottled water. You don't really think about why you purchase AquaPro because you purchase it out of habit. What type of purchase decision-making is this?
 a. Intermediate problem solving
 b. Routine choice
 c. Bounded rationality
 d. Extensive problem solving
 e. Neutral decision making



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

b



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