Which one of the following is NOT usually an effective way to reduce production/assembly costs and/or marketing costs per action-capture camera sold in an effort to achieve a sizable low-cost competitive advantage over rivals?
a.Investing in robot-assisted assembly methods to help lower labor costs per camera assembled
b.Spending money on best practices/productivity improvement training for camera PATs
c.Switching to robot-assisted assembly methods to lower depreciation costs at the production facility
d.Trying out numerous different combinations of components, product enhancements, and extra performance features to be used in action cameras in order to discover the lowest cost combination for achieving a competitively appealing P/Q rating
e.Paying PAT members an assembly quality incentive

The correct answer is c. Switching to robot-assisted assembly methods to lower depreciation costs at the production facility will not help reduce the production or marketing cost of the company. The depreciation is not included in the production cost and an administrative overhead. This will not reduce the production cost per action-capture camera sold.