{ Flawed ways to pursue competitive efforts that will successfully differentiate a company's branded footwear from the branded offerings of rival companies include OUUUUUUUUUUUU O failing to pursue actions to reduce the reject rates at each of the company's plants. O failing to bid aggressively enough to sign more celebrities to contracts than any other company in the industry, failing to offer 500 models/styles of branded footwear, and charging Internet prices and wholesale prices to footwear retailers that are too far above the prices charged by rival companies. o not charging the highest wholesale price for branded footwear in all four geographic regions O failing to outspend rivals on advertising in all four geographic regions and pursuing a strategy to strongly differentiate the company's product offering from the offerings of rivals rather than a strategy to weakly differentiate the company's product offering (which is far less costly) o concentrating the firm's differentiation efforts on only a single differentiating feature (such as having the highest S/Q rating in the industry or offering the highest number of models/styles). Copying, redistributing, or website posting is expressly prohibited and constitutes copyright violation Copyright 2020 by Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Ques Which of the following combinations of actions will likely provide the biggest competitive benefits in helping a company achieve a differentiation-based competitive advantage over some/many of its rivals? Delivering orders to branded footwear retailers in 1 week in all four geographic regions, spending above-average amounts for search engine advertising in all four geographic regions, offering a mail-in rebate of $7 in each geographic region, and charging prices for branded footwear that are $2 per pair lower than the industry-average in both the Internet and Wholesale segments in all four geographic regions Building production facilities in all four geographic regions, spending heavily on best practices training for production workers, maintaining the lowest reject rates of any company in the industry at each of the company's production facilities, and using 75% superior materials in producing branded footwear o Offering 400 models/styles to buyers in all four geographic regions, spending above- average amounts on brand advertising in all four geographic regions, maintaining a celebrity appeal rating of 180 or higher in all four geographic regions, selling branded footwear with a 6.8-star S/Q rating in all four geographic regions, and delivering orders to branded footwear retailers in 1 week Using 90% superior materials to produce branded footwear at all of the company's production facilities, spending above-average amounts on search engine and brand advertising in all four geographic regions, delivering orders to branded footwear retailers in 2 weeks, immediately (year 11) constructing additional facility space in North America and the Asia-Pacific to eventually produce up to 10 million pairs of footwear without the use of overtime in both locations, and offering free shipping to online buyers in all regions O Raising worker base pay by 10% or more each year at all of the company's production facilities, charaind prices for branded footwear that are $5 under the industrv-average in 00000000000000000000 x2 to search Desktop Which one of the following is a wise and effective approach to cost-cutting that will aid company efforts to achieve a competitive advantage based on lower overall costs per pair sold than rival companies? O Cutting expenditures for TQM/Six Sigma programs and best practices training to zero Offering buyers no more than 350 models/styles in each geographic region O Employing a strategy to be the market share leader in selling branded footwear in each geographic region o Making sure that the company's total compensation costs for production workers and supervisors are always the industry-low in each region where the company had production operations O Delivering orders to footwear retailers in 4 weeks OR nnnnnnnn000000000000 Copying, redistributing, or website posting is expressly prohibited and constitutes copyright violation Copyright 2020 by Glo-Bus Software. Inc Next > Previous Flawed ways to pursue competitive efforts that will successfully differentiate a company's branded footwear from the branded offerings of rival companies include OUUUUUUUUUUUU O failing to pursue actions to reduce the reject rates at each of the company's plants. O failing to bid aggressively enough to sign more celebrities to contracts than any other company in the industry, failing to offer 500 models/styles of branded footwear, and charging Internet prices and wholesale prices to footwear retailers that are too far above the prices charged by rival companies. o not charging the highest wholesale price for branded footwear in all four geographic regions O failing to outspend rivals on advertising in all four geographic regions and pursuing a strategy to strongly differentiate the company's product offering from the offerings of rivals rather than a strategy to weakly differentiate the company's product offering (which is far less costly) o concentrating the firm's differentiation efforts on only a single differentiating feature (such as having the highest S/Q rating in the industry or offering the highest number of models/styles). Copying, redistributing, or website posting is expressly prohibited and constitutes copyright violation Copyright 2020 by Glo-Bus Software, Inc. Ques Which of the following combinations of actions will likely provide the biggest competitive benefits in helping a company achieve a differentiation-based competitive advantage over some/many of its rivals? Delivering orders to branded footwear retailers in 1 week in all four geographic regions, spending above-average amounts for search engine advertising in all four geographic regions, offering a mail-in rebate of $7 in each geographic region, and charging prices for branded footwear that are $2 per pair lower than the industry-average in both the Internet and Wholesale segments in all four geographic regions Building production facilities in all four geographic regions, spending heavily on best practices training for production workers, maintaining the lowest reject rates of any company in the industry at each of the company's production facilities, and using 75% superior materials in producing branded footwear o Offering 400 models/styles to buyers in all four geographic regions, spending above- average amounts on brand advertising in all four geographic regions, maintaining a celebrity appeal rating of 180 or higher in all four geographic regions, selling branded footwear with a 6.8-star S/Q rating in all four geographic regions, and delivering orders to branded footwear retailers in 1 week Using 90% superior materials to produce branded footwear at all of the company's production facilities, spending above-average amounts on search engine and brand advertising in all four geographic regions, delivering orders to branded footwear retailers in 2 weeks, immediately (year 11) constructing additional facility space in North America and the Asia-Pacific to eventually produce up to 10 million pairs of footwear without the use of overtime in both locations, and offering free shipping to online buyers in all regions O Raising worker base pay by 10% or more each year at all of the company's production facilities, charaind prices for branded footwear that are $5 under the industrv-average in 00000000000000000000 x2 to search Desktop Which one of the following is a wise and effective approach to cost-cutting that will aid company efforts to achieve a competitive advantage based on lower overall costs per pair sold than rival companies? O Cutting expenditures for TQM/Six Sigma programs and best practices training to zero Offering buyers no more than 350 models/styles in each geographic region O Employing a strategy to be the market share leader in selling branded footwear in each geographic region o Making sure that the company's total compensation costs for production workers and supervisors are always the industry-low in each region where the company had production operations O Delivering orders to footwear retailers in 4 weeks OR nnnnnnnn000000000000 Copying, redistributing, or website posting is expressly prohibited and constitutes copyright violation Copyright 2020 by Glo-Bus Software. Inc Next > Previous