Question

Competitive priorities:

A) may change over time.
B) are the cost, quality, time and flexibility dimensions that a process or supply chain actually possesses and is able to deliver.
C) are used to distinguish between a service that is considered and one that is actually purchased.
D) are developed by a review of internal operations capabilities.

Answer 1

Option B, Competitive priorities are the cost, quality, time and flexibility dimensions that a process or supply chain actually possesses and is able to deliver.

Explanation:

Competitive goals are vital dimensions to please both internally and externally consumers of the system or supply chain, either now or in the future.

Competitive characteristics are the expense, the efficiency, the time and the dimension of versatility that a system or supply chain can really deliver.

Cost: Low-cost operation: distribution to the fulfillment of the internally or externally buyers of the processor food supply of a product at the minimum cost. (Costco)

Quality: reliable production of goods or services that follow design requirements. (McDonalds)

Time: rapid introduction of a new service or product .

Flexibility: accelerate or decelerate service and/or product production rates to tackle significant demand variations quickly .