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Q: Outsourcing is the practice of obtaining from an independent supplier a product or service
that a company has previously provided for itself. Vernon, Inc., a small manufacturing company
that has in recent years experienced a decline in its profits, plans to boost its profits by
outsourcing those parts of its business that independent suppliers can provide at lower cost
than Vernon can itself.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that Vernon's plan will
achieve its goal?
A. Among the parts of its business that Vernon does not plan to outsource are some that
require standards of accuracy too high for most independent suppliers to provide at
lower cost than Vernon can.
B. Vernon itself acts as an independent supplier of specialized hardware items to certain
manufacturers that formerly made those items themselves.
C. Relatively few manufacturers that start as independent suppliers have been able to
expand their business and become direct competitors of the companies they once
supplied.
D. Vernon plans to select the independent suppliers it will use on the basis of submitted
bids.
E. Attending to certain tasks that Vernon performs relatively inefficiently has taken up much
of the time and effort of top managers whose time would have been better spent
attending to Vernon's core business.
OA: E
My doubt is that it is not mentioned that the 'certain tasks' in option E are the ones that Vernon plans to outsource because if they aren't the same ones then this answer doesn't affect the conclusion at all. Aren't we assuming incorrectly, in marking E as correct, that the 'certain tasks', mentioned are the ones being planned to get outsourced?
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that a company has previously provided for itself. Vernon, Inc., a small manufacturing company
that has in recent years experienced a decline in its profits, plans to boost its profits by
outsourcing those parts of its business that independent suppliers can provide at lower cost
than Vernon can itself.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the prediction that Vernon's plan will
achieve its goal?
A. Among the parts of its business that Vernon does not plan to outsource are some that
require standards of accuracy too high for most independent suppliers to provide at
lower cost than Vernon can.
B. Vernon itself acts as an independent supplier of specialized hardware items to certain
manufacturers that formerly made those items themselves.
C. Relatively few manufacturers that start as independent suppliers have been able to
expand their business and become direct competitors of the companies they once
supplied.
D. Vernon plans to select the independent suppliers it will use on the basis of submitted
bids.
E. Attending to certain tasks that Vernon performs relatively inefficiently has taken up much
of the time and effort of top managers whose time would have been better spent
attending to Vernon's core business.
OA: E
My doubt is that it is not mentioned that the 'certain tasks' in option E are the ones that Vernon plans to outsource because if they aren't the same ones then this answer doesn't affect the conclusion at all. Aren't we assuming incorrectly, in marking E as correct, that the 'certain tasks', mentioned are the ones being planned to get outsourced?
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