The key to mass customization is effectively postponing the tasks of differentiating the product for a specific customer until ____________.

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the latest possible point in the supply chain

No answer text provided.

the company depletes inventories

the earliest possible point in the supply chain

the next day in the process

The management of an internet sales company has been using two forecasting methods to follow the sales of a new product. The forecast using each of these two methods and the actual demand for this new product are shown below.

Month	Forecast Method		Actual Demand
	Exponential Smoothing	Qualitative
1 2 3	52 54 55	50 54 55	51 53 54

Based on this data, what is the MAD for Qualitative method?

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1

Can't decide

0

-1

1/3

Assume for a moment you are a SC manager at Dell Computer. One of the commodities you plan and purchase is the microprocessor device from Intel. Intel is therefore considered a (an) _________ member of the value chain.

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internal

upstream

downstream

not a member of the value stream

_________ means analyzing the true cost of acquisition, use, maintenance, and disposal of a good, service, capital equipment, or process.

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aggregate costing

price analysis

target costing

total cost of ownership