As more firms initiate total quality management systems, the need for acceptance sampling will increase

According to Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz, "Consumers now commonly engage in a cultural audit of [product and service] providers

People want to know your value and ethics demonstrated by how you treat employees, the community in which you operate." Discuss the concept of social responsibility marketing and how it impacts both companies and consumers.

The advantage of using the predetermined data approach for setting standards is that:

A) it allows the setting of standards for a new job before production begins. B) the predetermined data are representative of all workers, without question. C) it does not require any special training to use it. D) it can be used on jobs in which the times to perform the micro-motions are sequence dependent.