A company redesigns its network so that Plant 1 and Plant 2 can each produce both Product A and Product B instead of being dedicated to only one product each. At the same time, demand for A and B tends to rise and fall together because both are driven by the same seasonal promotion. Which statement is most consistent with the lecture?

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The flexible network will still mitigate disruptive risk, but its benefit for recurrent demand risk is limited because that benefit depends on demands being uncorrelated or negatively correlated

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The flexible network cannot mitigate disruptive risk, because dual sourcing only works with decentralized inventory

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The flexible network will fully eliminate recurrent risk, because total capacity stays the same

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The flexible network is less resilient than the dedicated network, because flexibility only helps when one plant fails permanently

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