Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
A) The share of the workforce in service jobs in countries such as Canada, France, Britain, Japan, and the United States is well above 60 percent.
B) Service-sector organizations generally cannot utilize operations management techniques.
C) The absolute number of Canadian manufacturing jobs has decreased since the late 1950s because the percentage of service jobs in the economy increased.
D) Because outputs from service organizations typically cannot be inventoried, inventories are of little importance to service systems.

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According to the text, "the share of the workforce in service jobs in countries such as Canada, France, Britain, Japan, and the United States is well above 60 percent." Option B is false because service-sector organizations can indeed utilize operations management techniques. Option C is not true because there is no information given to support it. Option D is not accurate because while it's true that service outputs can't be inventoried, inventory and supply chain management are still vital in service systems.

Which One of the Following Statements Is TRUE