天山7-23

whitesand

Q23 to Q25:

      Companies that must determine well
in advance of the selling season how
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
recent years of mismatches between
production and demand seems ironic,
since point-of-sale scanners have

(10) improved data on consumers’buying
patterns and since flexible manufac-
turing has enabled companies to

produce, cost-effectively, small
quantities of goods.  This type of

(15)           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

(20)          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 expen-

(25) sive 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

(30)          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.

(35)          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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Q23:

Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the last sentence in the passage (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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answer is C

I choose D

[此贴子已经被作者于2004-12-16 23:13:14编辑过]

rings

我也是选D,但是文中也没提及ways in which companies address

当初不选C的原因是觉得没有提及什么ability.

open to discussion

gmat2004_ml

I chose D too, because I referred the "forecasting accurately how
that demand will be distributed among
the many SKU’s they sell is difficult.", the sentence before this example, and because the example often follow an idea or suggestion  to explain it. So, I chosed D, but I think that C is reseanal too, so, it is open discuss. thanks for any further discussion.

xealot

To solve this problem, we need to address the word ADDRESS.

The word ADDRESS is kind of like SOLVE. And given the exact meaning of ADDRESS, it's relatively safe to say that "ways in which companies address the difficulties" is actually away from the point.

In point of fact, if we misunderstand the word ADDRESS, to some extend, the D is exactly the same stuff like C...

greatvampire

我也选的D。C中的assertion好像没有example准确啊。

hades

谁给解释一下，我也选得D。

2楼说的C的ablity可以理解-即是“may be able to estimate”的变换。D是不是错在ways in which了？

juningw

我错选了D，看了之后还是C好。别被example骗了。。。

new_new

这道题是该选C，我开始也错选D了。文章里没有提到一种WAY，公司使用它来

address the difficulties of forecasting demand


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.

从这里可以找到C说的ability

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-4-19 18:40:16编辑过]

windflower560

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.

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
这题，我仍然觉得选D，蓝色部分与原文对应

for example 的后面你不能忽略But,but 后面的内容才是作者想表达的。作者举了公司address difficulties的ways中的一个，那就是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.

查了address,没有找到address the difficulties

但我觉得文中address的用法和这个词组中的很像：address the ball (高尔夫球)做击球前的瞄准

D对

windflower560

大家觉得呢？