GWD商品库存考古 [已确认] 【求讨论Q35选项】[11.1 20:46更新补充5网址]

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原始：“第四篇 讲商品库存的，GWD原文原题！！！GWD-TN-22，Q35-57” by bonnierong2010
确认："就是这篇，一模一样的，Confirm啦  第一题我选的C，但是我看GWD答案是D哎 " by bonnierong2010  见本帖93楼

感谢 bonnierong2010  同学的确认！！！
Q35~Q37: T-7-Q23-Q25

Companies that must determine well in advance of the selling season how many units of a new product to manufacture often underproduce products that sell well and have overstocks of others. The increased incidence in recent years of mismatches between production and demand seems ironic, since point-of-sale scanners have improved data on consumers’ buying patterns and since flexible manufacturing has enabled companies to 24 produce, cost-effectively, small quantities of goods. This type of manufacturing has greatly increased the number of new products introduced annually in the United States. However, frequent introductions of new products have two problematic side effects. For one, they reduce the average lifetime of products; more of them are neither at the beginning of their life (when prediction is difficult) or at the end of their life (when keeping inventory is expensive because the products will soon become obsolete). For another, as new products proliferate, demand is divided among a growing number of stock-keeping units (SKU’s). Even though manufacturers and retailers can forecast aggregate demand with some certainty, forecasting accurately how that demand will be distributed among the many SKU’s they sell is difficult. For example, a company may be able to estimate accurately the aggregate number of shoes it will sell, but it may be uncertain about which specific types of shoes will sell more than other types.

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Q35:
Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the last sentence in thepassage (lines 35-40)?

A.To cite a situation in which the aggregate demand is more important than the distribution of demand among SKU’s

B.To refute an assertion about the side effects of flexible manufacturing

C.To illustrate an assertion about companies’ ability to forecast demand

D.To provide an example of ways in which companies address the difficulties of forecasting demand

E.To note an exception to the author’s assertion about distributing demand among SKU’s

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Q36:
The passage suggests which of the following about divided demand among a growing number of SKU’s?

A.It has increased the average lifetime of products.

B.It has resulted from retailer’s attempts to predict demand more accurately and avoid both understocks and overstocks.

C.It has decreased the use of flexible manufacturing by companies.

D.It has not increased the expense of keeping inventory of certain products.

E.It has not prevented companies from predicting aggregate demand with some certainty.

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Q37:TTGWD-6

According to the passage, which of the following has led to growth in the number of new products introduced in the United States each year?

A.Reduced average lifetime of products

B.Increased ability to forecast aggregate demand

C.More cost-effective ways of keeping inventory for products

D.Cost-effective production of small quantities of goods

E.Increased ability to divide demand among a number of SKU’s and to forecast how that demand will be distributed among those SKU’s



感谢specta、dreamistrue、babaxiong  三位朋友的讨论！

答案CED 或是 DED（大家看一下Q35选什么 求讨论!）不确定哪个对   大家再搜一下吧    或者有不同答案的短消息给我
“35答案应该是C  -   从没讲过怎么解决SKU太多带来的无法accurately forecast demand on SKU-level 的方法。
因为D的address... （解决。。。）是不对的。属于出得比较好的迷惑选项

D还原一下：.... companies address forecasting difficulties in which way....
in ... way = how/ methods
where does it ever mention HOW any company addressed such difficulties (let alone an EXAMPLE)? my interpretation is: the passage only presented PROBLEMS, no solutions.
反正我要是遇到此题，我肯定选C.  whoever thinks otherwise, please feel free to make ur own choice.  ”by specta   见14、63楼

“我觉得C比D好一点。D的那个address difficulties好像说不过去。   ”  
by dreamistrue  见60楼（主要）45、47、50、51、52楼（PS:这位同学真是孜孜不倦哇~~~赞）

“54.    T-7-Q23-Q25企业新产品开发对市场供求的影响
Companies that must determine well        好卖的产品产量太少，难卖的产品
in advance of the selling season how       产量又太大。
many unites of a new product to manu-
Line facture often underproduce products
(5) that sell well and have overstocks of
others. The increased incidence in           这种供求矛盾似乎很讽刺，因为
recent years of mismatches between         消费者购买模式的数据趋于精确，
production and demand seems ironic,        弹性生产又允许小量商品的生产。
since point-of-sale scanners have
(10) improved data on consumers’ buying
patterns and since flexible manufacturing
has enabled companies to
24
produce, cost-effectively, small
quantities of goods. This type of             弹性生产导致美国每年新产品
(15) manufacturing has greatly increased      大量增加。但是频繁引入新产品
the number of new products introduced        有两个消极的副作用。
annually in the United States. However,
frequent introductions of new products
have two problematic side effects. For         一方面产品平均寿命缩短；它
(20) one, they reduce the average lifetime of   们既不处于初期（难以预计），
products; more of them are neither at the      也不处于末期（库存昂贵）。
beginning of their life (when prediction
is difficult) or at the end of their life
(when keeping inventory is expen-
(25) sive because the products will soon
become obsolete). For another, as              另一方面，随着新产品泛滥，
new products proliferate, demand is            需求在增加的库存单位内分配
divided among a growing number of
stock-keeping units (SKU’s). Even             虽然厂商和零售商有些把握预
(30) though manufacturers and retailers can     计准确的累积总需求，但他们
forecast aggregate demand with some          难以准确预计这些需求在众多
certainty, forecasting accurately how            库存单位内如何分配。
that demand will be distributed among
the many SKU’s they sell is difficult.
(35) For example, a company may be able      例如，一家公司可能可以准确
to estimate accurately the aggregate             估计鞋子总售量，但它不确定
number of shoes it will sell, but it may         哪种鞋子会卖更多，哪种鞋子
be uncertain about which specific               会卖更少。
types of shoes will sell more than
other types. ”                   by babaxiong    见57楼


翻译：公司必须在销售旺季之前确定有多少销售良好的新产品生产不足，或其他产品过剩等。近年来，产品与需求不符的情况看起来很讽刺，因为扫描提高了消费者所购买的类型的数据统计的准确度，并且灵活的生产方式可以使公司24小时高效的小批量的生产。这类型的生产大大增加了每年进入美国市场的产品数量。然而，频繁的推出新产品，有两个问题的副作用。一方面，他们减少产品的平均寿命，多数产品既不处于新起时期（这时，预测很难），也不处于淘汰时期（这时，因为产品面临淘汰，保持库存很昂贵）。另一方面，随着新产品的激增，需求被分为越来越多的库存单位（ SKU中的）。尽管制造商和零售商可以用一些确定因素预测总需求，但准确预测怎样分配他们所售的各种商品的单位库存量还是很难。例如，一家公司可以准确估计将出售的总的鞋数，但它不确定哪种特定类型的鞋会比其他类型的些鞋更好卖。

11.1 新增以往讨论
http://www.f1gmat.com/forum/reading-comprehension/companies-must-determine-well-advance
http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_Math/thread-505826-1-1.html?postid=14598964&searchmode=TopicContent&searchtext=Companies that must det
http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_Math/thread-502977-1-1.html?postid=14558426&searchmode=TopicContent&searchtext=Companies that must det
http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_Math/thread-507562-1-1.html?SearchText=1.1.17 stock keeping un
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