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Decisions made during the supply chain design phase regarding significant investments in the supply chain, such as the number and size of plants to build, the number of trucks to purchase or lease, and whether to build or lease warehouse space, cannot be altered in the short term.

Decisions made during the supply chain design phase regarding significant investments in the supply chain, such as the number and size of plants to build, the number of trucks to purchase or lease, and whether to build or lease warehouse space, cannot be altered in the short term - True.

The process through which a company attains a true balance between the  cost related to manufacturing, inventory and transportation by taking right decisions related to the structures of the supply chain refers to the Supply chain design. There are three stages associated with this process such as designing supply chain strategy,  planning and operation related to it.

Those decisions that are formulated in the supply chain design phase related to the investments to be made in supply chain, the size and the number of the manufacturing plants, the number of vehicles to be purchased or to be taken in lease cannot be changed in the short term period.

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