Discussion Question 1

Give an example of a pricing strategy and describe how specifics constraints may prevent the fulfillment of reaching that pricing objective.

Discussion Question 2

List three specific types of price adjustments and explain the rationale for making such an adjustment.

You are the director of supply chain planning over at PlushToysInc Corp. and you are tasked with implementing an aggregate planning strategy. 

Your CEO meets with you and says it’s time to roll out the newest stuffed animals for the holiday season.

The company recently completed a sales forecast totaling 7,000 units to satisfy customer demand.

You have two options:

Option 1 – make 6,000 stuffed animals with a marketing budget of $600,000.  This makes you work under demand and with less inherent risk.

Option 2 – make 7,000 stuffed animals to meet the forecast with a marketing budget of $700,000.

Look at both options and apply principles from chapter 10 to explain which methods will work best to carry out your directives and why. 

“Employment Tests, Hiring and Promotion Decisions”  Please respond to the following:

• Using the e-Activity, choose two (2) of the following employment tests: drug tests, medical examinations, polygraphs or honesty tests, and scored test of ability. Next, analyze the manner in which the testing itself could be considered illegal when an organization does not properly use it during the employment hiring process. Justify your response.
• Give your opinion of the purpose of the Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ), as discussed within the text. Then, suggest two (2) occupations where the discriminatory requirement is legal. Justify your response.