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Classify each of costs as one of the six business functions in the value chain.

a. Cost of a prime-time TV ad featuring Smucker'* Fruit & Honey Fruit Spreads
b. Salary of engineers who are designing the new plant's layout
c. Depreciation on Orrville, Ohio, plant
d. Depreciation on delivery vehicles
e. Transportation costs to deliver Folgers Coffees to retailers such as Kroger, Walmart, and Save-A-l_ot
f. Costs of a customer support center website
g. Plant manager's salary
h. Purchase of strawberries used in Smucker'* Strawberry Preserves
i. Depreciation on food research lab

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a. Cost of a prime-time TV ad featuring Smucker'* Fruit & Honey Fruit Spreads

  • Marketing

b. Salary of engineers who are designing the new plant's layout

  • Design

c. Depreciation on Orrville, Ohio, plant

  • Production

d. Depreciation on delivery vehicles

  • Distribution

e. Transportation costs to deliver Folgers Coffees to retailers such as Kroger, Walmart, and Save-A-lot

  • Distribution

f. Costs of a customer support center website

  • Customer service

g. Plant manager's salary

  • Production

h. Purchase of strawberries used in Smucker'* Strawberry Preserves

  • Production

i. Depreciation on food research lab

  • Research and development

Explanation:

The six business functions in the value chain:

  1. Production: refers to the production of goods
  2. Design: closely related to production and R&D where goods or their production processes are designed.
  3. Research and development: refers to the process of developing new or modified products
  4. Marketing: refers to the marketing efforts carried out in order to sell your product.
  5. Distribution: refers to all the downstream activities related to the supply chain (physically moving your product in order for it to reach the final customers).
  6. Customer service: refers to the services provided to existing or potential customers in order to assist them or improve their purchasing experience.

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