MGMT STRATEGIC QUIZ 2

1. If a company spends $14.4 million to install refurbished footwear-making equipment….. ANSWER. 10% or 41,440,000 2. A company’s management team should compete ANSWER. It concludes that the company has more than enough production capacity to produce the needed pair of branded footwear and based on its projections…… 3. Based on the industry-low, industry-average, and industry-high values that appear on p.7 of each issue for the FIR, ANSWER. MB-Your company’s operating profit per pair sold in the Wholesale segment of the Asia-Pacific region is below the operating……CHARLI-The company’s cost per pair sold in the private-label segment in the Asia-Pacific region were close to the industry high. 4. The most essential important results from the latest decision round that company managers need to review/study in order to guide their efforts to improve their company’s competitiveness… ANSWER. The Comparative Competitive Efforts section of the Competitive Intelligence Report for each geographic section. 5. Which of the following is NOT a way to grow a company’s sales volume in the internet segment in the Europe-Africa region? ANSWER. Win sufficient celebrity endorsement contacts to achieve celebrity appeal ratings that are higher than the industry average. 6. In the private-label operating benchmarks section on page 7 of each issue of the FIR, the industry-low, industry-average, and industry-high benchmarks for the margins over direct…… ANSWER. MB ANSWER. how much sellers of private label footwear received over and above the costs per pair sold these margins, if positive, serve to improve…..CHARLI ANSWER-how much in dollars was earned on each pair of private-label footwear sold to chain retailers 7. Which one of the following action is most likely to result in higher production costs per branded pair at one of your company’s production facilities? ANSWER. Increasing the S/Q rating of branded pairs produced from 4.5 stars to 5.5 stars 8. Given the following Year 12 balance sheet data for a footwear company. Cash on hand 10,000. Based on the above figures and the definition of the debt-assets ratio presented in the Help section ANSWER-.42 9. If a company is pursuing a strategy to differentiate its branded footwear from the offerings of most companies, its managers should make a point of examining the facility… ANSWER. Determine whether immediate actions need to be taken to reduce one or more production cost components at a particular facility.