[問題] OG Q200 (10th)

[panda]

200.Outsourcing is the practice of obtaining from an independent supplier a product or service that a company has previously provided for itself. Since a company’s chief objective is to realize the highest possible year-end profits, any product or service that can be obtained from an independent supplier for less than it would cost the company to provide the product or service on its own should be outsourced.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(A) If a company decides to use independent suppliers for a product, it can generally exploit the vigorous competition arising among several firms that are interested in supplying that product.

(B) Successful outsourcing requires a company to provide its suppliers with information about its products and plans that can fall into the hands of its competitors and give them a business advantage.

(C) Certain tasks, such as processing a company’s payroll, are commonly outsourced, whereas others, such as handling the company’s core business, are not.

(D) For a company to provide a product or service for itself as efficiently as an independent supplier can provide it, the managers involved need to be as expert in the area of that product or service as the people in charge of that product or service at an independent supplier are.

(E) When a company decides to sue an independent supplier for a product or service, the independent supplier sometimes hires members of the company’s staff who formerly made the product or provided the service that the independent supplier now supplies

Answer:(B)

這一題的題意實在看不太懂，希望有人可以解釋一下，謝謝

[林小馬]

200.Outsourcing is the practice of obtaining from an independent supplier a product or service that a company has previously provided for itself. Since a company’s chief objective is to realize the highest possible year-end profits, any product or service that can be obtained from an independent supplier for less than it would cost the company to provide the product or service on its own should be outsourced.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?

(B) Successful outsourcing requires a company to provide its suppliers with information about its products and plans that can fall into the hands of its competitors and give them a business advantage.

這一題的題意實在看不太懂，希望有人可以解釋一下，謝謝

也許你只是需要一點背景知識吧
outsourcing就是外包
比如說市場研究,廣告,公關活動,薪資管理
有些公司會選擇不自己做,而包給外面專門處理這些事務的公司負責
因為這些專門公司處理大量的同性質事務,可以節省成本

題目中
他先解釋了一下什麼是外包
然後說因為外包的目的是增加自己公司的PROFIT
所以只要外面的專門公司處理這些事務比自己公司處理的成本低
就應該通通外包

為什麼B可以weaken呢
因為你外包給專門公司處理,常常要把自己的公司機密告訴他們
比如說你把新產品廣告交給廣告公司處理,
你就得先告訴廣告公司你的新產品上市策略,她們才能幫你設計廣告
可是萬一廣告公司不小心洩漏你的這些機密給你的競爭對手知道
你的對手就可以針對你的策略打擊你或出類似的產品跟你競爭
是很危險的

所以再需要提供特定機密情報時,就要特別考慮要不要外包
不能一昧的外包

[維尼]

除了題意之外
這題除了b選項有提到壞處之外
其他都沒提到~
故可秒殺之 :p

[panda]

阿...瞭解題意後覺得這題真的不難，多謝兩位的解說

[bobo123456]

請問一下,那選項(D)是什麼意思呢?錯在哪裡呢?
是代表假設公司本身和外包公司的效率相等,管理者必須成為這方面的專家??

[dibert8]

理解應該是 OK.
(D) For a company to provide a product or service for itself as efficiently as an independent supplier can provide it, the managers involved need to be as expert in the area of that product or service as the people in charge of that product or service at an independent supplier are.
外包是基於成本考量, managers 是不是專家都領一樣的薪水,對公司沒有影響.

[nemolee]

answer is B

可是對其它選項有問題
借問這題OG 上的說明，有關於(A) 選項的部份

(A)If a company decides to use independent suppliers for a product, it can generally exploit the vigorous competition arising among several firms that are interested in supplying that product.

OG：This would strengthen the argument since the pricing competition among independent suppliers is an advantage for the company.

為什麼不覺得OG提到的 pricing competition.是跟(A)選項有關連? 題目也沒提到價格競爭押押。。。

連不太起來

謝謝

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

answer is B

可是對其它選項有問題
借問這題OG 上的說明，有關於(A) 選項的部份

(A)If a company decides to use independent suppliers for a product, it can generally exploit the vigorous competition arising among several firms that are interested in supplying that product.

它可以利用那些供應商激列的競爭

OG：This would strengthen the argument since the pricing competition among independent suppliers is an advantage for the company.

為什麼不覺得OG提到的 pricing competition.是跟(A)選項有關連? 題目也沒提到價格競爭押押。。。

連不太起來

謝謝

[nemolee]

謝謝 Hsin Yi 大

泥的寫法讓我想到另一個寫法

一般公司利用競爭力而產生引起數家商家對外包產品有興趣的廠商。

有刺激才會有競爭力，這樣價格就會削價競爭... 我猜OG 是這個意思..

泥覺ㄉ如何??

或是有路人來補充的...

感謝

[Huang Hsin-Yi]

這樣說也行