Question

A restaurant offers hamburgers and cheeseburgers on its menu. Customers order a hamburger, indicate how it is to be cooked and what type, if any, cheese they want on it. Rather than offering a list of condiments (e.g. ketchup) and additions (e.g. onions), the restaurant has a special section at the end of the salad bar where customers can add whatever else they want to their burger. Which of the techniques below is employed by the restaurant's system?

А. Quick Changeover - Setup Reduction
B. Stakeholder Analysis
C. System Dynamics
D. Late Point Differentiation
E. Pull Scheduling

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

Late point differentiation is when the production process starts with a generic product and the end product is differentiated to a specific end product. Late point differentiation is used in firms where there is a high level of demand uncertainty

Advantages of Late point differentiation

1. it also consumers to receive a differentiated or customised product

2. It reduces the waiting time of consumers and allows consumers access quicker services