GLO-BUS Quiz 1
1. the assembly quality incentives paid to drone PAT members, the company's
prior-year brand reputation, and the prior year worldwide average warranty
claim rate on the company's drones.: The factors that affect a company's P/Q
rating for UAV drones include
2. The dollar-cost of a PAT member's fringe benefit package, assembly qual-
ity incentives ($ per unit assembled divided equally among PAT members),
year-end bonus for perfect attendance, and annual base wage: Which of the
following ARE components of the compensation package for members of production
assembly teams?
3. the size of assembly quality incentives paid to camera/drone PATs, how
favorably the overall size of the company's total compensation package (not
including overtime pay) per camera/drone PAT member compares against
the camera/drone all-company averages, and changes in the number of cam-
era/drone models that have to be assembled.: The factors that affect the produc-
tivity of both camera PATs and drone PATs include
4. up to 150 workstations, without expanding the size of the plant.: The com-
pany's present assembly plant has sufficient space for
5. whether its price is above or below the average price of all companies
competing in that geographic region.: A camera-maker's price competitiveness
in a particular geographic region is determined by
6. its credit rating.: The interest rate a company pays on loans outstanding de-
pends on
7. The size of the company's year-end cash balance, the average of its ROE
for the past three years, and how many times the company has been put on
credit watch.: Which the following are not factors in determining a company's credit
rating?
8. about 20% of consumer demand coming in quarter 1, 20% in quarter 2, 20%
in quarter 3 and 40% in quarter 4.: Consumer purchases of digital cameras are
seasonal with
9. Europe-Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and North America.: Which of
the following are the four geographic regions in which the company is selling its
cameras?
10. U.S. dollars, Taiwan dollars, Singapore dollars, euros, and Brazilian real.-
: Which of the following currencies are involved in affecting the revenues your
company receives on camera shipments to retailers in the four geographic regions
of the world where it markets cameras?
11. The size of the incentive bonus paid to PATs, the percentage of cameras
that were outsourced, and warranty claims costs.: Which of the following do not
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have a bearing in determining a company's unit sales and market share of entry-level
or multi-featured cameras in a particular geographic region?
12. import duties imposed by the countries to which the cameras are shipped
and the effects of fluctuating exchange rates.: The company's shipments of
digital cameras to retailers in various foreign countries are subject to
13. the caliber of core components; company's cumulative spending for new
product R&D, engineering and design; the number of models; camera body
ergonomics/durability; and the number of special utility features.: The factors
that affect a company's P/Q rating include:
14. Taiwan.: The company maintains a production facility in
15. marketing, product design, assembly/shipping, compensation and labor
force, and finance.: The decisions that company co-manages make each year are
organized around
16. hiring "temporary" PATs, the use of overtime, and outsourcing assembly
to contact assemblers.: The options that a company has for assembling enough
cameras to meet peak-quarter order form retailers include
17. the size of incentive bonuses to workers, base pay increases, perfect
attendance bonuses, the size of the fringe benefits package, how favorably
the overall size of a company's compensation package compares with the
industry-average compensation package, expenditures for PAT training and
productivity improvement, and changes in the number of models.: The factors
that affect the productivity of PATs include
18. at 8-10% annually during the year 6-year 10 period and at 4-6% during the
year 11-year 15 period.: The market for digital cameras is projected to grow
19. Retailers get their cameras from camera-makers on a just-in-time delivery
basis.: Which of the following is not an accurate description of the market for digital
cameras?
20. P/Q rating, dividend payments, revenues, market share, and total number
of cameras sold, and balance sheet strength.: Which of the following are not
measures on which a company's performance is judged/scored?
21. Most all camera components are sources from outside suppliers having
plants or distribution centers near the company's assembly facility; the com-
pany uses workstations staffed by 4-person teams to assemble cameras. In
the most recent year, the current productivity of the assembly teams was 2,500
cameras per quarter or 10,000 per year. Some cameras are outsourced from
contract assemblers that are paid a $25 fee for each camera assembled.: Which
of the following most accurately describes your company's production/assembly
operations?
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