Allen-Edmonds is keeping its shoe manufacturing business in the United States by investing in new machinery and creating new processes. The strategy is a gamble and the outcome is uncertain. To cut costs and improve efficiency, the company's old assembly line is being replaced by a system of employees working in groups, with each person doing several jobs, and each trained to do the others' tasks. Allen-Edmonds' teams are using ____.
A)cross training
B)job enlargement
C)job specialization
D)Venn training
E)overlapping training

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Cross training involves training employees to perform multiple roles or tasks, which aligns with the description of employees being trained to do each other's tasks.

Allen-Edmonds Is Keeping Its Shoe Manufacturing Business in the United