A factory was trying out a new process for producing one of its products, with the goal of
reducing production costs. A trial production run using the new process showed a 15 percent
reduction in costs compared with past performance using the standard process. The
production managers therefore concluded that the new process did produce a cost savings.
Which of the following, if true, casts most doubt on the production manager’s conclusion?
(A) In the cost reduction project that eventually led to the trial of the new process, production
managers had initially been seeking cost reductions of 50 percent.
(B) Analysis of the trial of the new process showed that the cost reduction during the trial was
entirely attributable to a reduction in the number of finished products rejected by quality
control.
(C) While the trial was being conducted, production costs at the factory for a similar product,
produced without benefit of the new process, also showed a 15 percent reduction.
(D) Although some of the factory’s managers have been arguing that the product is outdated
and ought to be redesigned, the use of the new production process does not involve any
changes in the finished product.
(E) Since the new process differs from the standard process only in the way in which the stage
of production are organized and ordered, the cost of the materials used in the product is
the same in both processes.
想不通，文中说用普通的方法不能节约成本 A trial production run using the new process showed a 15 percent
reduction in costs compared with past performance using the standard process.
但是 C 选项 又说节约成本 While the trial was being conducted, production costs at the factory for a similar product,
produced without benefit of the new process, also showed a 15 percent reduction.
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produced without benefit of the new process, also showed a 15 percent reduction.
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