Metaphor Electronics Inc., a cell phone manufacturing company, manufactures keypads in one process. It also manufactures batteries in a second process and speakers in the third process. These three major subcomponents are assembled together in the final process to manufacture the cell phone. This scenario is an example of .

a. sequential processing
b. parallel processing
c. partial processing
d. job-order processing

The state in which the manufacturing company you work for is located regulates the presence of a particular substance in the environment to concentrations ≤ x. recently-released, reliable research endorsed by the responsible federal agency conclusively demonstrates that the substance poses no risks at concentrations up to 5x. your company has asked you to consider designing a new process with a waste discharge stream containing up to 2x of the substance. based on the stated conditions, describe this possible.