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AUTHOR
Adrian Cioca
MINIMIZING COSTS UNDER CONSTRAINTS
Abstract The present paper deals with the costs the production of goods and services involves in the conditions of a company's struggle to keep those costs as low as possible in order to afford competitive prices on various markets. Several types of constraints emerge which compel the management to consume resources, for instance financial resources, in order to respond to constraints. This is the case with protection equipment or environmental requirements and pollution prevention.
PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTING TO MARKET CHANGES
Abstract This paper describes those situations when a company, an organization, in its search for minimum costs, including those involved by investment, and production flexibility, manages to adapt to those changes that ensure survival on the market. Economies of scale are an attraction for any firm and thus globalized, huge firms emerge, conquering continuously developing markets. However, smaller firms face market changes that are usually dangerous in terms of sustainability. The paper highlights those market components that provide information on adapting production through flexibility.