Narrative 6-4 Emily Morgan Is a 30-Year Veteran at Levi Strauss

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Narrative 6-4
Emily Morgan is a 30-year veteran at Levi Strauss & Company. She joined the company as a secretary in the advertising department and slowly began rising through the ranks. The more she saw how the company worked,the more dissatisfied she became. In 1982,when talk of reinventing the company spread through headquarters and senior management began looking for volunteers,Morgan became a part of the change initiative. She led the team that designed the Develop Sources process,a system for working with suppliers. In 1995,Morgan became vice president for fulfillment,Asia. Her job was to convince Levi's Asian suppliers to adopt more efficient production and distribution techniques. The Asian suppliers were afraid of change. Once Morgan and her staff showed suppliers how use of the Develop Sources program would benefit them,Morgan's job to transform Levi's Asian operations became easier.
-Refer to Narrative 6-4. In order to maintain a competitive advantage in the clothing industry,Levi's had to create new,more efficient methods of dealing with its suppliers. What is the term for the process of Levi's discontinuing inefficient methods of dealing with suppliers through substituting electronic networks for outdated systems?

A) dominant design  
B) competitive advantage  
C) innovation stream  
D) comparative differential