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Where does Barilla plan to collect the data they need to improve their supply chain?
They plan to collect distributor shipment data to stores.
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Which statement best describes Barilla's advertising strategy?
Barilla advertises with modern, sophisticated settings in major Italian cities to cultivate a premium image.
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What does JITD stand for?
Just in time distribution
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Why are there so many grocery stores and shops in Italy?
The Italian government restricted larger stores and promoted and protected small shops.
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What was the highest recorded stockout from the Cortese Northeast distribution center to their retailers?
About 9%
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Which country in Western Europe has the greatest number of Commercial Shops that engage in retail sales/trade?
Italy
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How many Central Distribution Centers does Barilla operate in Italy?
Two
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Which statement best describes the pattern of orders from Cortese Northeast distribution center to the Pedrignano distribution center near the main plant?
The patterns of orders fluctuate wildly
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Who is to blame for the poor performance of your supply chain?
The factory
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Which one factor do Nike consumers most value in the Nike products they purchase?
Performance quality of the shoes
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Which operation is considered to be "downstream" in Nike's organization?
Contracted factories
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Nike rated manufacturing facilities on their Manufacturing Index using a scale of A to E until their 2012 fiscal year. Which one is Nike's new rating scale? (GSBYR)
Gold, silver, bronze, yellow, red.
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Where is the National Press Club located?
Washington D.C.
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On any given year, does Nike carry more cash or more inventory?
More inventory
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Which factor is most heavily weighted in the Base Material Score?
Physical waste
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Which one of the following activities consumes the most cash within Nike?
Repurchasing stock
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Which statement best describes Nike's net income from 2011 to 2013?
Increased steadily year after year
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What is the top score a supplier can make on Nike's Materials Sustainability Index?
100
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On any given year, does Nike have more accounts receivable or more accounts payable?
AR
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Where is the warehouse for Global Logistics located?
Atlanta, GA
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How many salespeople does SG employ?
32
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How would you describe SG's non-US market share?
They have a smaller non-US market share than other companies.
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In what product category did SG have the highest sales in 2009?
Containers
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Where is the majority of value stored in SG's 2009 inventory?
North American warehouses and in transit
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Which SG product is weighs the most when purchased by the case?
Containers
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What does the team start calling the inventories that intentionally accumulate in front of the assemblies and in front of the bottlenecks?
Buffers
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Which chapter ends with Alex's management team confused about their next direction - an important part of the Socratic process known as aporia?
Chapter 34
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What story does Alex's management team use as inspiration for finding the intrinsic order within a set of facts?
The creation of the periodic table of elements
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Steps of the theory for success in The Goal. (IESEI)
- 1. Identify bottlenecks
- 2. Exploit bottlenecks
- 3. Subordinate everything to above decision
- 4. Elevate bottlenecks
- 5. If bottleneck has been broken, go to step 1
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Alex and his management team describe their journey as moving from "Cost World" to where?
Throughput world
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Alex concludes that something interferes with many people's common sense. What is it that interferes?
Common practice
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What does Julie read at the local library?
Socratic dialogues
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About how many weeks of finished goods inventory was the Bearington plant carrying in Chapter 37?
About 6
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Abilities needed to become a great manager. (KKK)
- 1. Know what to change
- 2. Know what to change to
- 3. Know how to cause the change
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In one of the chapters, Alex gets bored at the office and leaves. Where does he go?
The library
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When Alex and Lou are driving back from headquarters at the beginning of Chapter 40, who is leading the Socratic dialogue?
Alex
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