2: Research and Design
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- Explain each of the key purchasing criteria.
- Differentiate between order qualifiers and order winners.
- Understand the four competitive priorities and common strategies firms use to achieve these priorities.
- Describe the term ‘core competency.’
- Describe the three levels of strategy.
- Know the six categories of operations strategy categories.
- Calculate productivity measures including partial, multi-factor and total productivity.