Nikki Reflected on Last Year's One Goal That She Established

question 52

Multiple Choice

Nikki reflected on last year's one goal that she established for her department-to achieve $1 million in profit. And she required all staff members to establish this same personal goal-and only this goal-for themselves. Looking back a year later, Nikki realized that her dogged pursuit of a "number" caused her department to fall a year behind in training and new business development. Nikki knows that this focus on one dimension of her business cannot be repeated. For the coming year, she must not establish a ________ goal.

• A) single productivity
• B) creativity
• C) new projects and business
• D) knowledge acquisition
• E) specific and challenging

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Definitions:

End Customer Needs

The requirements and preferences of the final consumer that products or services are designed to meet or exceed.

JIT Environment

Just-In-Time environment, a production strategy that strives to improve a business's return on investment by reducing in-process inventory and associated carrying costs.

Layout Tactics

Strategies used in arranging machinery, equipment, and workforce within an operational area to optimize productivity and efficiency.

Waste

Describes materials or substances that are no longer useful in their current form and are discarded or disposed of.