Question

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? Investing in robot-assisted assembly methods to help lower labor costs per camera assembled 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 Paying PAT members an assembly quality incentive Spending money on best practices/productivity improvement training for camera PATs Switching to robot-assisted assembly methods to lower depreciation costs at the production facility

Answer 1

Ans: Switching to robot assisted assembly methods to lower depreciation costs at the production facility

Reason = Switching to robot assisted assembly will increase the depreciation costs for the facility due to higher investment. The robot unit may help to increase the productivity to lower overall production cost