Which of the following best describes vertical integration? a. sell products to a supplier or a distributor b. develop the ability to produce products that complement the original product c. develop the ability to produce the specified good more efficiently than before d. build long-term partnerships with a few suppliers e. produce goods or services previously purchased

1. what are the unique operational challenges to delivering fresh meals? 2. why is speed of delivery so important for delivered meals? what variety of options contribute to this performance metric? 3. how could operations management concepts be utilized to improve the performance of freshly? 4. what are your typical product delivery times? what would be required to speed these up? 5. what are your delivery batch quantities? how could you reduce batch size and reduce delivery cost simultaneously using operations management concepts?