Mc qu. 6 physical goods can be differentiated physical goods can be differentiated from services in the operations management process by: longer lead times and they can be inventoried. more capital intensive and short lead times. more labor intensive and longer lead times. more expensive and easier to control.

The answer is: Longer lead times and they can be inventoried.

Explanation:

Physical goods or products usually have longer lead times than services (although not necessarily) but the main difference between them is that they can be inventoried.

For example, a company that produces chairs can produce chairs during the week and then store them in a warehouse. But if a hotel only rents 30 of its 50 available rooms today, it cannot rent 80 rooms tomorrow, only 50. A service by definition cannot be inventoried, or stored for later use.

urban company reports the following information regarding its production cost: units produced 37,000 units direct labor $ 30 per unit direct materials $ 35 per unit variable overhead $ 237,000 in total fixed overhead $ 127,000 in total