a water bottle distributor is considering expanding its distribution operations into a new tegional market in a different country as a pilot test case for new sales territory. Although subsidiary unit profitability is an important business goal, the Executive Leadership Team is more concerned about inventory management effectiveness as a creiterion for identifying internal talent leadership for the new regional market site. The executive leadership team requests analysis of past operations to identify the top$-$performing subsidiary in terms of inventory management metrics like reduced stock outs.