"Custom-made products, those which are made according to the requirements of an individual customer, are optimum for an intelligent buyer. The product is designed and perfected to please the purchaser to the highest level. Yet, the cost of production and the price for the customer are considerably greater than those of ready-made products."
What do you find more interesting, the support for custom-made products or the criticism of it?
Since the era of industrialization, products of all kinds from food and clothing to furniture and appliances have been mainly mass produced. This mass production has greatly benefited both businesses and customers since the economies of scale make the products more affordable. In addition, ready made products are easily marketed and distributed, and most importantly satisfy consumers' every day needs, through a wide variety and a decent quality.
Nevertheless, there is no obvious reason for custom made products to be criticized so heavily mainly because of the high cost involved in producin...
- The following appeared in a memorandum to the planning department of an investment firm:"Costs have begun dropping for several types of equipment currently used to convert solar energy into electricity. Moreover, some exciting new technologies for convert 90
- The best way to teach is to praise positive actions and ignore negative ones 76
- "The best strategy for managing a business, or any enterprise, is to find the most capable people and give them as much authority as possible." 90
- Argument Topic :“In order to reverse the recent decline in our profits, we must reduce operating expenses at Movies Galore’s ten video rental stores. Since we are famous for our special bargains, raising our rental prices is not a viable way to improve pr 70
- The following appeared in a memo from a vice president of Quiot Manufacturing."During the past year, Quiot Manufacturing had 30 percent more on-the-job accidents than at the nearby Panoply Industries plant, where the work shifts are one hour shorter than 50
Attribute Value Ideal
Score: 5.5 out of 6
Category: Excellent Excellent
No. of Grammatical Errors: 0 2
No. of Spelling Errors: 2
No. of Sentences: 19 15
No. of Words: 514 350
No. of Characters: 2745 1500
No. of Different Words: 283 200
Fourth Root of Number of Words: 4.761 4.7
Average Word Length: 5.34 4.6
Word Length SD: 2.987 2.4
No. of Words greater than 5 chars: 211 100
No. of Words greater than 6 chars: 173 80
No. of Words greater than 7 chars: 133 40
No. of Words greater than 8 chars: 87 20
Use of Passive Voice (%): 0 0
Avg. Sentence Length: 27.053 21.0
Sentence Length SD: 10.303 7.5
Use of Discourse Markers (%): 0.632 0.12
Sentence-Text Coherence: 0.334 0.35
Sentence-Para Coherence: 0.557 0.50
Sentence-Sentence Coherence: 0.131 0.07
Number of Paragraphs: 5 5