Identify the choice that best answers the question Which of the following is (ar
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Identify the choice that best answers the question Which of the following is (are) false with respect to mass customization? A. leverages process flexibility to generate a wide variety of personalized products or service B. involves increasing finished goods inventory with a large variety of items to reduce lead times C. can increase customers' perceived value of the product or service 0 A is false B is false C is false O None of these is false; i.c., A, B, and C are all true. All of these are false; i.e., A, B, and C are all false.Explanation / Answer
B involves increasing finished goods inventory with a large variety of items to reduce lead times
Mass customization on the contrary attempts to reduce finished goods inventory. It uses standardized components which can fit in various configurations to make a large variety of finished goods each according to customer's specific requirements. Dell Inc offers personal computing devices and business class machines, which can be configured by the user by selecting items from the drop down menu. Success of mass customizatio relies on keeping nil inventory of finished goods, because items are produced as per customer requirements only. So it is pull system, rather than push.