The output of service providers must be consumed immediately, and only a few ser

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The output of service providers must be consumed immediately, and only a few services can be saved, stored, resold, or returned. Which characteristic feature of services does this best illustrate? Low degree of customer contact B High degree of standardization of outputs Tangibility of outputs Perishability of outputs Uniformity of inputs From the perspective of manufacturers, the term standardization means: ensuring that each product is sold at the same price. ensuring that one's product has the exact same features as that of a competitor. making identical, interchangeable components or complete products. making the exact product a particular customer needs or wants, meeting the benchmark set by a market leader Building a computer so that the components can be installed in different configurations to meet certain needs of a customer is a result of: flexible manufacturing. modular design. lean manufacturing standardization. reverse engineering. is making products to meet a particular end user's needs or wants. Customization Standardization Mass production Crowdsourcing Benchmarking 44.J A hospital can effectively handle a maximum number of 300 patients at any one particular time. This is referred to as its agility variability fc. capacity A company that manufactures large products, such as houses or bridges, may require that all resources be brought to a central location during production. This type of a facility layout is called fixed position layout. product layout. line layout. web layout. assembly line layout.

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40 - D. perishability of service outputs

41 - C. making identical, interchangeable components or complete products

42 - B. Modular design, it takes advantage of standardization and scalability

43. A. customisation

44. C. Capacity

45. A. fixed-position layout

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