When firms introduce advanced manufacturing systems, ? both the break-even point and the number of sales units required to earn a target profit tend to decrease ? the break-even point tends to decrease and the number of sales units required to earn a target profit tends to increase ? both the break-even point and the number of sales units required to earn a target profit tend to increase ? the break-even point tends to increase and the number of sales units required to earn a target profit tends to decrease
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