Question

the fixed costs of webuy&sell.com, an e - commerce website, make up about 90 percent of the total costs incurred by the company. however, since its primary means of communication is web advertising, webuy&sell.com has variable costs as low as 10 percent of its total costs. this allows webuy&sell.com to earn high profits at a very low cost. according to the given scenario, webuy&sell.com has ____ scalability. zero low infinite high question 46 (1 point) valuetronics, an electronics company, is currently in the preproduction stage of launching one of its new stereo systems. in order to analyze the feasibility of the product, valuetronics adopts an integrated system that allows to manufacture the product before it physically exists, that is, the system allows valuetronics to finalize the design of the stereo, analyze it, and do a test - run. in this context, valuetronics is using a(n) ____. enterprise resource planning (erp) system flexible manufacturing system (fms) computer - aided engineering (cae) system computer - aided manufacturing (cam) system

Explanation:

1. For the first question about WeBuy&Sell.com: High - fixed costs and low - variable costs generally indicate high scalability. As the business grows and the volume of operations increases, the fixed costs are spread over a larger number of units, leading to higher profits. So, it has high scalability.
2. For the second question about Valuetronics: A computer - aided engineering (CAE) system allows for the design, analysis, and testing of a product before its physical existence. An ERP system is for integrating business processes, an FMS is for flexible manufacturing operations, and a CAM system is for manufacturing processes based on computer - generated instructions.

Answer:

1. D. high
2. C. computer - aided engineering (CAE) system