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Question

A company uses the 'just in time' approach with its suppliers, so that it can reduce its stock-holding costs. One of its suppliers, X, supplies a particulalary crucial product, Y. The company has recently become aware that there is a danger of strike action by employees of supplier X, and so it has increased its buffer stock of product Y. this is an example of?

(A) DECOUPLING?

(B) SUB- OPTIMISING?

(C) SENSORING?

(D) DISTURBANCING?

(E) FEEDING BACK?

THX People, please only aser if you are sure of the anser.

Answer 1

answer is A

decoupling stock

Definition

Inventory accumulated between two inter-dependent operations as a buffer against breakdowns or unevenness in machine production rates, thus reducing the need for output synchronization. Also called intermediate stock.

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