A strategy to be a low-cost provider of branded footwear is unlikely to result in the company being one of the best-performers in the industry if the company's management team fails to:. 1. achieve costs per pair sold for both branded and private-label footwear (as reported on p. 7 of the FIR) that are at least close to the industry-low in each geographic region, if not actually equal to the industry-low benchmark.
2. aggressively pursue private-label sales and attain market share leadership in private-label footwear sales in most every year in at least 2 geographic regions
3. establish total compensation packages for production workers that are big enough to keep their total compensation well above the industry-average in those regions where the company has production facilities--such compensation levels are necessary to achieve high worker productivity
4. maintain global production capacity (including full overtime) that is at least 5 million pairs greater than any other company in the industry--otherwise the company will be unable to capture big enough sales volumes to be attractively profitable and successfully execute a low cost/low price/high volume strategy
5. establish production facilities in all 4 geographic regions, produce and market branded footwear with a 5-star or higher S/Q rating, and achieve global market share leadership in both private-label and branded footwear

Ido not understand this project overview agricultural commodities are bought and sold through the stock exchange. the price of commodities changes all the time. investors buy many agricultural commodities before they are ready for shipping. when an investor buys an agricultural commodity that is going to be ready in the future, they call this purchasing futures. this might be a future crop, meat that has not yet been processed, or another type of agricultural commodity. for this project, you will have to decide how to spend $10,000. research the new york stock exchange. find one or more agricultural commodities that you are interested in. remember, it may be listed as a future crop. instructions identify the agricultural commodities that you think have the best chance of going up in price. think about what is going on with supply and demand. decide how you will spend your money. you may purchase only agricultural commodities. check the market every day for a week. record the price of your commodity or commodities each day. you may buy or sell your commodities at any time during the week. you may sell your commodities and buy different ones. feel free to experiment with the $10,000 by buying and selling commodities, but make sure to keep a careful record of your activities. at the end of the week, you will write a report on your investments. this report should be structured to include this information: page 1: explain how the stock market works. page 2: list all commodities purchased. describe each in detail. discuss why you selected these commodities. remember, they must be agricultural. page 3: create a chart or graph to illustrate the price of your commodity or commodities over the week’s time. list all of your activity buying and selling. make sure you include prices and details. page 4: write a summary of your experience. describe what you might do differently if you were using actual money. propose potential reasons why the price of each commodity may go up or down.