The just-in-time (JIT) concept originated in Japan and has been slowly adopted in the U. S. Why were U.S. manufacturers reluctant to adopt JIT?
A) U.S. manufacturers are less competitive than the Japanese.
B) Channel relationships in the U.S. have been typically adversarial.
C) The U.S. culture reveres collectivism.
D) U.S. manufacturers are fearful of computers.
E) U.S. manufacturers are not risk takers.

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Channel relationships in the U.S. have historically been more adversarial, making the close cooperation required for JIT more difficult to achieve compared to the more collaborative approaches often found in Japanese business culture.

The Just-In-Time (JIT) Concept Originated in Japan and Has Been