BSG QUIZ 2
which one of the following actions is most likely to result in higher production costs per branded pair
at one of your company's plants? - ✔✔ correct answer increasing the number of branded
models/styles produced from 150 to 500.
The most attractive way to reduce or eliminate the impact of paying tariffs on pairs imported to a
company's distribution warehouse in latin America is to. - ✔✔ correct answer build a plant in Latin
America and then expand it as may be needed so that the company has sufficient capacity to supply
all (or at least most) of the pairs the company intends to try to sell in latin America.
Which one of the following results from the latest decision round are least important in providing
guidance to company managers in making their strategic moves and decisions to improve their
company's competitiveness and rank among the top-performing companies in the upcoming decision
round? - ✔✔ correct answer The dividend data, the credit rating, the income statement data, and
the balance sheet data fro each company that are part of the financial performance summary on p.5
of the FIR.
Based on the industry-low, industry-average, and industry-high values for the benchmarked data in
each issue of the FIR, which one of the following is the strongest and most valid signal that one or
more elements of a company's costs are too high relative to those of rival companies? - ✔✔ correct
answer the company's labor costs per pair produced are close to the highest in the industry in those
regions where it has production plants.
Under what circumstance should a company's management team give serious consideration to
bidding aggressively to win contracts to supply private-label footwear to chain retailers in a particular
geographic region? - ✔✔ correct answer when the company has excess production capacity in one or
more geographic regions that would otherwise be idle (because the number of pairs of branded
footwear that company management is planning to produce is below full production capacity.
which one of the following is NOT a way to effectively differentiate a company's branded footwear
offering from the brands of rivals? - ✔✔ correct answer achieve a lower reject rate on pairs produced
than most all other rivals.
which one of the following helps boost the S/Q rating of branded pairs produced at a particular
plant? - ✔✔ correct answer Increasing expenditures for best practice training for workers
which of the following statements about striving to reduce labor costs per pair produced at each of
the company's plants is true? - ✔✔ correct answer all companies, regardless of the strategy being
employed, should pursue actions to manage employee compensation and labor productivity in a
manner that results in labor costs per pair produced that are equal to (or very close to) the industry-
low in each region where the company has plants
which one of the following actions is most likely to result in higher production costs per branded pair
at one of your company's plants? - ✔✔ correct answer increasing the number of branded
models/styles produced from 150 to 500.
The most attractive way to reduce or eliminate the impact of paying tariffs on pairs imported to a
company's distribution warehouse in latin America is to. - ✔✔ correct answer build a plant in Latin
America and then expand it as may be needed so that the company has sufficient capacity to supply
all (or at least most) of the pairs the company intends to try to sell in latin America.
Which one of the following results from the latest decision round are least important in providing
guidance to company managers in making their strategic moves and decisions to improve their
company's competitiveness and rank among the top-performing companies in the upcoming decision
round? - ✔✔ correct answer The dividend data, the credit rating, the income statement data, and
the balance sheet data fro each company that are part of the financial performance summary on p.5
of the FIR.
Based on the industry-low, industry-average, and industry-high values for the benchmarked data in
each issue of the FIR, which one of the following is the strongest and most valid signal that one or
more elements of a company's costs are too high relative to those of rival companies? - ✔✔ correct
answer the company's labor costs per pair produced are close to the highest in the industry in those
regions where it has production plants.
Under what circumstance should a company's management team give serious consideration to
bidding aggressively to win contracts to supply private-label footwear to chain retailers in a particular
geographic region? - ✔✔ correct answer when the company has excess production capacity in one or
more geographic regions that would otherwise be idle (because the number of pairs of branded
footwear that company management is planning to produce is below full production capacity.
which one of the following is NOT a way to effectively differentiate a company's branded footwear
offering from the brands of rivals? - ✔✔ correct answer achieve a lower reject rate on pairs produced
than most all other rivals.
which one of the following helps boost the S/Q rating of branded pairs produced at a particular
plant? - ✔✔ correct answer Increasing expenditures for best practice training for workers
which of the following statements about striving to reduce labor costs per pair produced at each of
the company's plants is true? - ✔✔ correct answer all companies, regardless of the strategy being
employed, should pursue actions to manage employee compensation and labor productivity in a
manner that results in labor costs per pair produced that are equal to (or very close to) the industry-
low in each region where the company has plants
