Discount Department Stores is a national retail chain. The company had

Discount Department Stores is a national retail chain. The company had one large, central warehouse.

At the suggestion of the risk manager, the company decided to build four smaller regional warehouses so that a loss at the central warehouse would not be a catastrophic blow to the company’s distribution system. Splitting the inventory between four regional warehouses illustrates which risk management technique?
A) duplication
B) risk transfer
C) separation
D) risk avoidance

ANSWER

Answer: C