In a ________ defense strategy, the market leader can meet the attacker frontally and hit its flank, or launch a pincer movement so that it's forced to pull back to defend itself

A similarity between materials requirement planning (MRP) and distribution resource planning (DRP) is that both inventory systems:

a. require the manufacturer to keep inventory levels as high as possible. b. help manage inventory from manufacturer to end user rather than from the suppliers to the manufacturer. c. use various inputs, such as sales forecasts, available inventory, and so on, to determine what needs to be done to replenish goods at all points in the supply chain. d. prohibit the use of buffer stocks as insurance against unexpected demand increases.

A Board decides that a lottery is an inappropriate fundraiser in low-income neighborhoods. The board is performing which of the following functions?

a. expertise b. linking to the environment c. volunteering d. oversight e. marketing