Dear International Data Analytics for Business Executives:

Please read the Data Analytics for Business case assigned for this Learning Module and please analyze and answer the Assignment$($s$)$ requested in this Case Analysis.

Finally, please answer all questions and sections of this Data Analytics for Business Case with great detail and step by step being extremely methodical and accurate in your answers. It is extremely important that for each question and section, you write the entire question and you label and$/$or place the appropriate headings and subheadings clearly for each part of the question and$/$or section.

Please address, analyze, and discuss in great detail and thoroughly support and explain the what$$s$,$ how$$s$,$ and why$$s of each of your answers.

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Case Analysis Background

Reference:

Business Analytics $(2$e$).-$ James R$.$ Evans.

Pearson $2013-$ ISBN: $9780132950619.$

$33$ The case scenario was based on Gateway Estate Lawn Equipment Co$.$ Case Study, used for the $1997$ Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner Training course. This material is in the public domain. The database, however, was developed by the author.

PLE, headquartered in St$.$ Louis, Missouri, is a privately owned designer and producer of traditional lawn mowers used by homeowners. In the past $10$ years, PLE has added another key product, a medium$-$size diesel power lawn tractor with front and rear power takeoffs, Class I three$-$point hitches, four$-$wheel drive, power steering, and full hydraulics. This equipment is built primarily for a niche market consisting of large estates, including golf and country clubs, resorts, private estates, city parks, large commercial complexes, lawn care service providers, private homeowners with five or more acres, and government $($federal$,$ state, and local$)$ parks, building complexes, and military bases. PLE provides most of the products to dealerships, which, in turn, sell directly to end users. PLE employs $1,660$ people worldwide. About half the workforce is based in St$.$ Louis; the remainder is split among their manufacturing plants.