Understanding Business Drivers and Improving Business Forecasts
Using the information from Units 1–3, Big D Incorporated will be examining how multivariate techniques can serve the organization best and how they can be applied to their new client, the outdoor sporting goods customer. The Board of Directors has asked you to research and explain 3 major ways in which multivariate statistics are utilized […]
Unit: Using Business Drivers and Analysis of Effectiveness:
In your own words, explain what it means if the correlation of 2 variables is positive, negative, or minimal (close to 0), and give an example of each. What do you deduce from the correlations? Explain if you believe these to be short or long-term objectives and outcomes. What are the implications for Big D […]
Discuss the core drivers of globalization as identified by Dye &
Discuss the core drivers of globalization as identified by Dye & Stephenson (2010), with respect to logistics. Which have the greatest effect on the logistics function? What effect do the others have? Are these effects mainly positive, negative, or a mixture of both? Explain. Rodrigue (2012) discusses the concept of friction with respect to supply […]
