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1. Firms such as Boeing and Airbus may not be significantly concerned about this marketplace force:
product differentiation
traditional competitors
low number of suppliers
new market entrants
low number of customers
2. The resources incurred by a company when changing from one supplier or system to a competing supplier are known as
retention costs.
preservation costs.
differentiation costs.
switching costs.
variation costs.
3. For this discussion, choose one of the disputes listed below and explain whether you think the best way to resolve it is through a lawsuit, mediation, or arbitration.
A woman is passed over for promotion and instead the job is award to a man with less experience. She believes that this is a case of sex discrimination.
A truck driver is hit by a motorist who ran a stop sign and will be in the hospital for several months and does not have any savings or disability benefits.
A child is injured when a very popular folding high-chair collapses, and it appears that the high-chair was improperly designed and unable to reliably support the weight of the average infant.
4. Which of the following is a good example of a postponement strategy?
a) Move stock as close as possible to the source of production and replenishing as needed
b) Move stock as close to the customer as possible
c) Assemble-to-order when the customer is not willing to wait
d) Design and make-to-order when the customer is not willing to wait