Question:
A potato chip manufacturer purchases a potato farm. Which of the following regarding its strategy is true?
A. The manufacturer has effectively used vertical integration to increase its bargaining position and reduce transaction costs.
B. The manufacturer has enhanced utilisation by allowing depreciation and other fixed costs to be spread over a larger unit volume.
C. The manufacturer has sacrificed quality by using a lower-cost input.
D. The manufacturer has efficiently capitalised on the experience and learning-curve effects within the company.
E. The manufacturer has effectively reduced its operating costs by outsourcing its activities.
Answer:
A. the Manufacturer has effectively used vertical integration to increase it's bargaining position and reduce transaction costs.
Explanation:
Vertical integration is a business strategy whereby a business acquires ownership or controls its suppliers, distributors, or retail locations to control its value or supply chain.
It may also be said that vertical integration has to do with the purchase of a part of all of the production or sales process that was previously outsourced, to have it done in-house.
An example of companies who have done this are:
1. Apple
2. Netflix
3. Comcast (Which acquired NBC)
Businesses can integrate by
- purchasing their suppliers to reduce the costs of manufacturing or
- controlling the distribution process that is, owning and controlling the warehousing and delivery of their products etc.
Answer:
More , High ( D )
Explanation:
As far as GOODS (compared to services) are concerned, there is More opportunity to correct problems due to High customer contact.
and this is because when dealing with Services instead of Goods the direct customers of services are people hence the level of accessibility to enable the prompt correction of problems that might arise is very high and its faster as well to do that
You should always decorate around your clients needs and wants. The client is the most important.
Answer:
C is the correct option
Explanation:
Opportunity cost is a concept of Macroeconomic theory. It is also known as an alternative cost. It is the value of what one gives up to choose something else. In simple terms, we can say that it is the value of the road not taken. In the above question, the value of the activities one had to leave to attend the economics class woul be known as the Opprtunity cost.
Partly this statement is true however this does not implies to all.
In a big company, it;s really the top managers who do all the planning and decision making for the good of the company and then cascade it to the lower level for implementations
