Which of the following statements best describes the distinction between production management and operations management? Production management involves the activities managers perform to:
A)help create intangible products while operations management involves the activities managers perform to produce tangible products.
B)obtain physical resources while operations management involves the activities managers perform to obtain the financial resources.
C)help create services while operations management involves the activities managers perform to produce goods.
D)help create goods while operations management is a broader term that involves the activities involved in producing services as well as goods.

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Production management is a narrower term that only involves the activities involved in producing goods, while operations management is a broader term that involves the activities involved in producing both goods and services. Therefore, option D is the correct answer.

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