Which one of the following is NOT usually an effective way to reduce production/assembly costs and/or marketing costs per action-capture camera sold in an effort to achieve a sizable low-cost competitive advantage over rivals?
a. Investing in robot-assisted assembly methods to help lower labor costs per camera assembled
b. Spending money on best practices/productivity improvement training for camera PATs
c. Switching to robot-assisted assembly methods to lower depreciation costs at the production facility
d. Trying out numerous different combinations of components, product enhancements, and extra performance features to be used in action cameras in order to discover the lowest cost combination for achieving a competitively appealing P/Q rating
e. Paying PAT members an assembly quality incentive

Self-interest achieve society’s economic goals because producers know which goods consumers want the most. as consumers and producers exercise their freedom to act in their own self-interest, markets will produce the desired goods at the lowest possible cost. consumers and producers both operate based on society’s economic goals. consumers know which goods can be produced at the lowest cost. there is a wide variety of desired goods and services in a market system because producers determine what to produce. consumers change their minds frequently. there is always a need to produce something new and improved. individual wants are diverse. what is produced is ultimately determined by consumers, because if the goods offered are not what consumers want, consumers will not buy them. producers, because they are driven by profits. producers, because they determine what to produce. consumers, because they participate in marketing surveys.

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