Almost 20,000 UPS employees are now equipped with ring scanners⎯small electronic devices worn on their index fingers and wired to a small computer on their wrists.When a UPS employee holds a package,the ring shoots a pattern of photons on the package.Within moments,its location is updated at the UPS website.This use of ____ allows UPS to better track its packages and to provide better customer service.
A) just-in-time inventory control
B) employee involvement
C) an operations improvement
D) research and development enhancement
E) CIM

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The use of ring scanners is an operations improvement for UPS as it allows them to better track packages and provide better customer service. Just-in-time inventory control, employee involvement, research and development enhancement, and CIM (Computer-Integrated Manufacturing) are not relevant to this specific scenario.

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