Yield Management Systems Are Used To

question 116

Multiple Choice

Yield management systems are used to:

• A) determine the availability of product substitutes in complex industries that are experiencing rapid change
• B) profitably fill unused capacity
• C) predict necessary service levels to achieve revenue goals
• D) determine whether it is financially more feasible to buy a new product or repair a broken one
• E) create elastic demand for low-involvement products

Apply the Central Limit Theorem in different scenarios to evaluate probabilities.

Distinguish between individual and sample statistics in probability calculations.

Understand the implications of sample size on the accuracy and applicability of the normal distribution in sampling distributions.

Recognize the conditions under which the normal distribution can be used to approximate binomial and other distributions.

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