Supply Chain Management Has Grown as a Prevalent Perspective on Operations

Multiple Choice

Supply chain management has grown as a prevalent perspective on operations management because:

A) Purchasing managers now have stronger roles in companies.
B) Firms have become more vertically integrated.
C) Technology has facilitated globalization.
D) Governments have become less open to trade. Communications and transportation technologies have made global outsourcing easier, thus raising the need to focus on supply chains.