BSG FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS 2025

The managerial value of regularly consulting the data ain the Y-Y report highlights has to do with the data provided being the quickest and best way to - ANSWERreview the caliber of the operating results and key performance outcomes achieved in all four geographic regions for all years completed to date so these corrective actions can be taken in upcoming decision rounds. Which one of the following is not an effective or attractively profitable way to try to reduce total production costs per pair at a particular production facility? - ANSWERcutting expenditures for Six Sigma /TGM programs from $1.00 per pair to $0.10 per pair If company managers want to pursue cost-saving actions that can potentially result in their company achieving a sustainable cost advantage over rivals because the company's actions to cut costs cannot be detected by rivals from the information in either the FIR or the Comparative efforts section, they should - ANSWERall possible means of boosting worker productivity in ways that lower labor costs per pair produced. In which one of the following situations does it make the most sense for a company to consider modifying its strategy to achieve a competitive advantage over rivals based on high S/Q ratings that is marketed at well above average prices? - ANSWERwhen the company is struggling to achieve the sales volumes needed to meet or beat the five investors expected performance targets because the global marketplace for branded footwear is crowded with companies locked in a fiercely competitive battle to sell branded footwear with high S/Q ratings. Which one of the following actions is least likely to boost labor productivity by a sufficient amount to lower labor costs per pair produced at a particular plant? - ANSWERactions to boost total compensation per production worker to an amount that not only is the highest in each region where the company has production operations but also is at least $10000 above the industry average in those regions. Flawed ways to pursue competitive efforts that will successfully differentiate a company's branded footwear from the branded offering of rival companies include - ANSWERoverspending on competitive efforts to differentiate the company's footwear sot that the prices the company has to charge to cover costs per pair sold in the Internet and Wholesale segments are "too far above" them being charged by other rivals to capture a profitable volume of sales. Which one of the following is a way to improve S/Q rating of branded pairs produced at a particulate production facility? - ANSWERincreasing expenditures for best practices training for workers