2. Three firms below have bought manufacturing systems with the specifications below to allow them offer...

 

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2. Three firms below have bought manufacturing systems with the specifications below to allow them offer products needed by their target market. Firm A Firm B Firm C Number of product types sold Few number of different Large number of Few number of core products unique and customized products products Average sales volume per product (i.e., the number of items sold from each unique product offered) The specifications of the production line equipment & resources 10,000 100 3,500,000 Highly specialized and high speed equipment/resources Expensive and highly Expensive and highly flexible flexible 2-2) Use the "Process Flexibility vs. Product Variety" graph, and mark the 3 companies above on this graph based on where you believe they stand in terms of their process architecture fitness to their product variety level (3 points) Process t Flexibility High JOB SHOP Jmbled Flew hese be nd (Comercial Prine, Archercte fi BATCH Discoected Lie ewbled Pe badia few (Heavy Eqi, Aute Repar) LINE FLOWS Coeed Lie Pew (am ke (Auto Assem Cr hicatin he Ci ed rigl hacee CONTINUOUS Costs FLOW Low (O Refaery) Product Variety Low High Opportunity siso) Out-of-pocket 2. Three firms below have bought manufacturing systems with the specifications below to allow them offer products needed by their target market. Firm A Firm B Firm C Number of product types sold Few number of different Large number of Few number of core products unique and customized products products Average sales volume per product (i.e., the number of items sold from each unique product offered) The specifications of the production line equipment & resources 10,000 100 3,500,000 Highly specialized and high speed equipment/resources Expensive and highly Expensive and highly flexible flexible 2-2) Use the "Process Flexibility vs. Product Variety" graph, and mark the 3 companies above on this graph based on where you believe they stand in terms of their process architecture fitness to their product variety level (3 points) Process t Flexibility High JOB SHOP Jmbled Flew hese be nd (Comercial Prine, Archercte fi BATCH Discoected Lie ewbled Pe badia few (Heavy Eqi, Aute Repar) LINE FLOWS Coeed Lie Pew (am ke (Auto Assem Cr hicatin he Ci ed rigl hacee CONTINUOUS Costs FLOW Low (O Refaery) Product Variety Low High Opportunity siso) Out-of-pocket

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Answer 1 Firm A is of a better strategic fit as number of products sold and introduced are on the lo... View the full answer