Pharmaceuticals have historically utilized ____________ production, however there is a recent shift towards _______________production.

________ production is a manufacturing process characterized by long production runs of standardized parts, and output often goes into inventory from which orders are filled because customers do not have special needs.

The strategic partnership between Bombardier and Boeing involves multiple relationships with suppliers and competitors demonstrating a focus on the ___________________ perspective of interorganizational relationships. 

Which of the following statements is true about smart factories ?

Established organizations like Air Canada have a hard time adapting to the rapidly changing environment. All of the following represent the reasons why organizations like Air Canada struggle with their ability to change, except for:

Toyota’s Environmental Challenge 2050 supports the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs and their corresponding 169 targets run from 2016 through 2030 and provide a blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet. Toyota’s Environmental Challenge 2050 is in response to  _______________  pressure of the UN’s 2030 Agenda and SDGs.

The complexity of a(an) ___________________demonstrates overlapping relationships among companies who are in the same or similar domain.

Philips, a Dutch technology company headquartered in Amsterdam, set up this structure in the 1970s with its managers reporting to both a product division manager as well as a geographical manager. This structure soon caught on, and several other large multinationals, including Texas Instruments, Hughes Aircraft, General Motors and Caterpillar Tractor started doing the same – setting up reporting along both project and functional lines. This represents the characteristics of a __________________

With what kind of products does the global product structure work best?

A distinct. astonishing advantage of a smart factory is that :