Fresh from Nature, Inc., has several lines of heat-and-eat frozen foods sold in grocery stores. These include the Auntie Jean line of American-style casseroles, the Tia Juana line of Mexican foods, and the Oma Gertie line of German and East European dishes. Fresh from Nature contracts with a dozen producers of organic beef, pork, and chicken which it provides to all three food lines. This is an example of ____ relatedness.
A) economic
B) corporate
C) operational
D) competency

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Operational relatedness refers to the sharing of activities or operations, such as production processes or inputs, among business units within a company. In this case, Fresh from Nature, Inc. shares its organic meat suppliers across its different food lines, which is an example of sharing activities or operations, hence operational relatedness.