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- - Situation: Excelsior Automotive sells autonomous limousines to the wealthy. They recently created a referral program where customers can refer friends in order to get a discount on their bill. Excelsior’s VP of Sales decides that, at the end of each quarter, she’ll find the ten customers who have submitted the most referrals, and the sales reps who closed those ten customers originally will each get a bonus. This is an example of:
- - Situation: Flavio's Organic Construction Company built a commercial building of entirely plant-based materials. Unfortunately, the final inspection found serious problems with the building's plumbing, and extensive non-plant-based renovations were required before the building could be sold to a customer. According to The Cost of Poor Quality, what category does this cost belong to?
- - Situation: Foolproof Medical Supplies has been selling their products to hospitals for many years, and they now want to start selling directly to consumers. Norma Jones, the head of their RevOps team, has never worked at a company that sells directly to consumers, and she would like to hire someone from a consumer industry who can help her build that strategy. Which type of candidate would be best for this role?
- - Situation: Goat Splat is the latest up-and-coming punk band in Perth, Australia. Previously, their live shows were poorly attended because their international fanbase had trouble getting to Perth (it’s a bit out of the way regardless of where you’re coming from). To remedy this, Goat Splat is experimenting with live streaming their shows so fans can attend without having to travel. This is an example of:
- - Situation: Granny’s Handmade Electronics produces high-end computers and TVs using only yarn and apple pie filling. Many consumers are skeptical that the products would work as advertised, so Granny has introduced a seven-day free trial and a one-year money-back guarantee. This is an example of:
- - Situation: Janet Hopkins is the sole operations professional at Equal Lingual, which provides translation services to companies that want their content to be available in critically endangered languages. Equal Lingual is growing rapidly, and Janet is finding herself spread too thin. She wants to hire someone who can take on an odd assortment of responsibilities to give her more time for strategic planning. Which type of candidate would be best for this role?
- - Situation: Maria's Seltzer Broth produces a wide array of ready-made carbonated soups. Be sure to look for the hand-labeled cans at your local grocer! But, labeling cans by hand frequently causes errors, and customers who purchase a can labeled Bubbly Beef sometimes find that the can actually contains Chipper Chicken. The disappointed customers call Maria's hotline, and the support team has to correct the mistake. According to The Cost of Poor Quality, what category does this cost belong to?
- - Situation: Neon Broccoli is a public relations firm that seeks to make boring companies feel relevant to kids and teens. Their marketing team's top goal is to provide sales with a specific number of qualified leads each month, and the sales team's top goal is to contact those leads within a specific amount of time. The customer service team's top goal is retention. How well are their customer-facing departments' goals supporting their efforts to scale?
- - Situation: Oslo’s biggest knitting supplies wholesaler recently launched an ecommerce store and hired a RevOps professional named Einar. He has mapped out the buyer’s journey for the company’s customers, and he is in the process of documenting everywhere responsibility for a customer is passed from one team to another. This is an example of:
- - Situation: Real Good Manufacturing recently hired a RevOps professional named Vladislav. Vladislav has discovered that the company has no restrictions on who can access and change customer data, and he is working to put regulations in place that control access and permissions. This is an example of:
- - Situation: Ruthie’s Office Furniture sells office furniture to offices that need furniture. Ruthie believes passionately that all contracts should be signed by hand, so she requires her clients to send them to her using a fax machine. This is an example of:
- - Situation: Tamara's Monogrammed Baked Goods sells muffins, cakes, and pastries that have their customers' initials sewed onto them with celery strings. But, the delivery team sometimes gets orders mixed up and delivers monogrammed baked goods to the wrong customers. For health reasons, food items cannot be returned, so Tamara has to monogram a new set of baked goods and have them delivered to the affected customers. According to The Cost of Poor Quality, what category does this cost belong to?
- - Situation: The International Alliance of Superheroes is a rapidly growing professional organization. One of their salespeople, Hyperman, recently left the sales team to lead operations. The organization's highly customized CRM system requires so much administrative work that Hyperman is spending most of his time on system admin responsibilities. He would like to hire someone to administer the CRM so Hyperman can focus on other activities. Which type of candidate would be best for this role?
- - Situation: The Lucky Nickel Construction Company recently hired a RevOps professional named Abeeku. He has discovered that the sales department and the customer support department have two different systems for tracking customer information and that the two aren’t connected in any way. He would like to get both departments onto the same system, but in the meantime he is focusing on integrating the two systems so they can share data. This is an example of:
- - Situation: The Sneaky Sneaks Shoe Company has been in business for 15 years, and during all that time, operations have been led by the company’s CEO, Larry. However, Larry has recently decided that he would like to hire someone to handle operations full-time. With 15 years in the business, Larry is confident he can train a person on what’s involved in the job, but he wants his operations leader to have good technical and strategic skills. Which type of candidate would be best for this role?