1. Which of the following does not affect the The S/Q rating of pairs being
reject rates at a company's plants? produced and the use of plant
upgrade option B
2. Which of the following best describes the Standard and superior materi-
materials the company uses to make its als
footwear?
3. Which one of the following is not a factor The number of new perfor-
in determining a company's unit sales and mance features built into each
market share of branded footwear in a par- year's models/styles
ticular geographic region?
4. Which of the following is the most im- The company's bid price
portant factor in determining a company's
unit sales and market share of private-la-
bel footwear in a particular geographic re-
gion?
5. Which of the following currencies are in- U.S. dollars, Singapore dollars,
volved in affecting the operations of your euros, and Brazilian reals
company's athletic footwear business?
6. The company currently has production fa- Asia-Pacific and North America
cilities to make athletic footwear in
7. Which of the following is not an accurate The company makes most all
characteristic of your company's plant op- of its footwear materials and
erations? components in-hours, uses
100-person assembly lines to
make branded shoes at the rate
of 500 pairs per day, and out-
sources private-label footwear
from contract manufacturers in
the Asia-Pacific
8. In year 11, footwear companies can expect An average of 4.84 million
to sell branded pairs and an average
of 800,000 private-label pairs,
although sales at some compa-
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