Tom, Dan and Phil work indifferent teams at Springfield Automotive. Tom's team ensures that all the raw materials, machinery, tools and other production equipment are available for the employees around the clock. Any procurement needs have to be addressed to Tom, who also takes part in high-level decisions regarding the number of units to produced, exported and so on. Dan works as part of a team of eight members who concentrate the day-to-day productions; they also ensure that the quality checks are done and inspect each other's work. Phil is the operations manager, who works for 5 hours in the production department and then spends the rest of his time assisting management as an internal consultant on manufacturing issues. His input is crucial in improving the production process. Dan's contribution is toward the __________.

Explanation: Dan's contribution is towards the work team whereas Phil works in the parallel team while Tom is part of the management team. a work team which Dan is a member of is defined as a group of workers or employees with different set of skills that work together on a given task such as the day-to-day productions in a business, quality control and inspection, etc. Work teams are most efficient or useful where there is a frequent change in job content and employees with limited skills and a specific set of duties are unable to cope (work teams thus provide expert advice that will increase the ability of employees to participate in planning, problem-solving, and decision-making that are needed to complete a set of work and to better serve customers).