Olympus corporation, an international japanese manufacturer of optics and reprography products, has adopted a structure that interconnects business units and functions such as manufacturing and r& d to create global integration with local responsiveness. this is an example of what type of structure?

Find a company that has followed a strong strategic direction- state that generic strategy and the back-up points to support your position.

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Aproduction line has three machines a, b, and c, with reliabilities of .96, .86, and .85, respectively. the machines are arranged so that if one breaks down, the others must shut down. engineers are weighing two alternative designs for increasing the line’s reliability. plan 1 involves adding an identical backup line, and plan 2 involves providing a backup for each machine. in either case, three machines (a, b, and c) would be used with reliabilities equal to the original three. a. compute overall system reliability under plan 1. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability b. compute overall system reliability under plan 2. (round your intermediate calculations and final answer to 4 decimal places.) reliability c. which plan will provide the higher reliability? plan2plan1