Aton Motors, an automobile manufacturer, establishes its manufacturing units in Argentina because of the low cost of the metal used to make automobile frames. In this scenario, Aton Motors has _____ its operations.
Select one:
a. centralized
b. generalized
c. standardized
d. regionalized
Answer)
The automobile manufacturer, Aton Motors have regionalized the
operation for having to establish the manufacturing units in
Argentina.
Regionalizing the operation for the manufacturer means that the manufacturer will perform the operations locally in that region because of some specific factors or reasons which will help the manufacturer, here it is the low cost of the metal which is used to make automobile frames.
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