Challenges Facing Operations and Supply Chain Managers Signify That

Challenges facing operations and supply chain managers signify that

A) more emphasis should be placed on manufacturing than on service industries.
B) every operation should be externally directed to meet the customers' requirements.
C) operations decisions should precede decisions in other functions in an organization.
D) to be competitive, strategies for operations should have a narrow focus such as consideration of the effects of industry changes only.