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11. Anticipated manufacturing capacity
12. Know what it wants to accomplish
13. For the product differentiation strategy, information on the production process is emphasized while for low cost production managers are more interested in design.
14. The selection of performance measures used is driven by organisation network of facilities used to produce and deliver its product.
15. A hold strategy
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