Raul, the CEO of Color Paints Inc. noticed that their plant loses considerable time daily because the assembly line has to be cleaned whenever the production schedule called for a different color to be produced. He, thus, established a team which was composed of employees from several different departments in order to solve this problem in a creative manner. This team came up with a solution that resulted in a significant increase in plant availability and an innovative alternative which successfully decreased plant downtime. This team exemplifies a(n) _____.

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The team is composed of employees from several different departments, indicating that it is a cross-functional team. They were tasked with finding a creative solution to the problem of plant downtime due to color changes in production, which they successfully achieved.