Please refer to lines $23-27$ within the Global Timber Industries Corporation $($GTIC$)$ scenario. This portion of the scenario suggests an internal value chain connection between the following departments or functions:

Group of answer choices

Human Resource Management and Inbound Logistics

Technology Development and Sales

Sales and Customer

Inbound Logistics and Operations

Outbound logistics and Operations$1$

$$The Global Timber Industries Corporation

$($

GTIC

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$$manufactures and markets several wood

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$$products on a worldwide scale. In its early history, GTIC started its operations in Mineral,

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$$Washington$,$ and now has extended its operations to many states, including Alabama, Arkansas,

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$$Maine$,$ Missouri, and Montana. Outside the US

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$$GTIC operates in several countries, including

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$$Canada$,$ Germany, Austria, Sweden, New Zealand, and Indonesia. Next year, they plan to expand

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$$their operations in Poland, Finland, and China. Presently, GTIC is a well

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established company

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$$that has many customers and competitors who are distributed worldwide. It enjoys a global

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$$reputation for the quality and wide range of its simple wood products.

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$$GTIC

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s products are typically sold to other companies that use GTIC

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s products as components

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$$for consumer products. Examples of GTIC

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s products include wooden louvers

$($

used to make

$1$

$1$

$$window blinds

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$,$

$$small wooden bases

$($

used to make mousetraps

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$,$

$$and small pieces of wood shaped

$1$

$2$

$$like snowmen

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used to make winter ornaments

$)$

$.$

$$These are only a sample of GTIC

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s products.

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$3$

$$GTIC manufactures an extensive range of wood products to satisfy a large customer base.

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$$The management of GTIC prides itself on its cost

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efficient operations and decisions. The

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$$company motto is: "A penny saved is a penny earned." In addition, they share their cost savings

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$$with their customers.

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$$GTIC uses information technology extensively to support its business. For example, GTIC has

$1$

$8$

$$been an industry leader in using Artificial Intelligence

$($

AI

$)$

$$software$,$ computer

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aided design

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$($

CAD

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$,$

$$computer

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aided manufacturing

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CAM

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$,$

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D printing, and electronic ordering techniques

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$$such as Electronic Data Interchange

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EDI

$)$

$$to reduce paperwork and overhead costs. Presently,

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$1$

$$many of GTIC

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s customers submit electronic orders via the Web. GTIC

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s sales department and

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$2$

$$GTIC

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s finished goods warehouse almost instantly receive these orders. If the requested items

$2$

$3$

$$are in stock, the customer

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s order is filled and shipped immediately with a copy of a billing

$2$

$4$

$$invoice$.$ An electronic copy of the billing invoice is also sent to GTIC

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s accounting office. If the

$2$

$5$

$$requested items are not in stock, then an electronic message is sent from the finished goods

$2$

$6$

$$warehouse to GTIC

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s production shop so that the items may be produced. The production shop

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$7$

$$then takes the help of the procurement department to order raw materials from GTIC

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s suppliers

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$$using a separate EDI system.