Omega recently found that its flagship product had cost the company $129 to manufacture when the company launched it ten years ago. Now, the same product cost just $72 to manufacture. Which of the following terms best represents the systematic reductions in production costs that Omega has achieved over the ten-year life of its flagship product?
A. global web
B. dispersion linkage
C. economies of scale
D. experience curve
E. efficiency frontier
Answer: D. experience curve