You are sitting in a restaurant and the waiter brings you the food that you ordered a while ago. If you think about you being the flow unit in the process of the restaurant - which step of this process will be downstream relative to your current position in the process?

- Waiting to order

- Being seated at a table

- Paying the bill

- Reviewing the menu

Paying the bill.

Explanation:

The downstream stage in the production process involves processing the materials collected during the upstream stage into finished product.

The steps of the process are upstream, midstream and downstream.

The upstream stage of the production process involves searching for and extracting raw materials.

The downstream stage further includes the actual sale of that product to other businesses, governments or private individuals. The type of end user will vary depending in the finished product.

Regardless of the industry involved, the downstream process has direct contact with customer through the finished product.

The correct answer is C) Paying the bill.

The step of this process that will be downstream relative to your current position in the process would be "Paying the bill."

Let's remember that in business, the upstream is the inputs and sources needed for initiating the production process. It is the beginning of the process in the supply chain. So, the downstream is the final part, when the goods had to be distributed to the final location. That is why in this example, the upstream would be being seated at the table, then, reviewing the menu, waiting to order, eat, and finally, paying the bill.