Multiple Choice
Increasing inventories between sequential work units tends to reduce potential conflict by:
A) reducing resource scarcity.
B) reducing differentiation.
C) increasing the required level of communication between employees in sequential units.
D) reducing ambiguity in resource allocation.
E) creating a buffer that decouples the relationship between work units.
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