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Puree, a leader in the production of industrial tomato paste, traditionally trucked tomatoes to its processing facilities and then converted them into tomato paste. It had focused on operational improvements inside the proverbial four walls of its factory - things like more efficiently heating and cooling the tomatoes and developing novel ways to pack the paste for shipment to customers. However, as the marginal returns to these improvements decreased, Puree's leaders realized that the bottlenecks in the system were occurring, at least in part, from "low value" suppliers: the tomato growers. Puree's response: move into planting and harvesting. By taking over the steps at the beginning and end of the process, the company gained valuable control.
Which of the following, if true, does most to justify the company's expectations?
(A) Farmers weren't planting or harvesting their crops properly, which resulted in foreign materials in the tomatoes delivered to Puree, slowing down its factory.
(B) Farmers didn't plant tomatoes when they should have; as a result, supplies weren't ready when Puree's factory needed them.
(C) For Puree, a benefit of moving into planting and harvesting was the ability to offer its customers a greater variety of end products by planting particular tomato varietals that yielded different flavors and tomato-paste consistencies.
(D) Puree is selling its tomato products direct to the buyer, eliminating the unnecessary delays and higher overhead of traditional supply-chain processes.
(E) Puree harvests and hauls their own tomatoes from the field to the factory, which allows them to bring in the freshest tomatoes and pack them within hours of harvesting.
Source (T.I.M.E) handout
Which of the following, if true, does most to justify the company's expectations?
(A) Farmers weren't planting or harvesting their crops properly, which resulted in foreign materials in the tomatoes delivered to Puree, slowing down its factory.
(B) Farmers didn't plant tomatoes when they should have; as a result, supplies weren't ready when Puree's factory needed them.
(C) For Puree, a benefit of moving into planting and harvesting was the ability to offer its customers a greater variety of end products by planting particular tomato varietals that yielded different flavors and tomato-paste consistencies.
(D) Puree is selling its tomato products direct to the buyer, eliminating the unnecessary delays and higher overhead of traditional supply-chain processes.
(E) Puree harvests and hauls their own tomatoes from the field to the factory, which allows them to bring in the freshest tomatoes and pack them within hours of harvesting.
Source (T.I.M.E) handout
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