Answers to last week's quiz (#093)

 

1. After a strike in 1950, the workers in this company were given lifetime employment. One of its managers developed ways to increase efficiency without cutting jobs, leading to "pull production" in 1954 and subsequently "total quality control". Name the company and the manager. 
   Toyota Motor Corporation. Taiichi Ohno. 
    
2. Though the Nano is making waves now, which industrialist conceived a similar idea in 1995 and called his car the city commuter, a project which eventually did not take off?
   Arun Firodia of Kinetic Engineering Limited. 
    
3. Which company deploys technologies by the name Flywire and Lunarlite?
   Nike. 
    
4. Which organisation was founded in the 1970s on the principle that consultants should deliver results — not just reports? 
   Bain and Company. 
    
5. The development of this product was inspired by a Spiderman comic strip in 1977 read by a judge in a US district court. In the comic, Spiderman was being tracked by a transmitter worn on his wrist. The judge convinced a computer salesman and his company to develop a similar device. Name the company that subsequently developed this device and what is it called?
   The Electronic Bracelet developed by BI Inc. 
    
6. Who launched a carbonated fruit drink called Oranjolt that was not received well in the market? 
   Rasna Limited. 
    
7. Whose own quality standard is called GothiaTek?
   Swedish Match’s quality standard for the Swedish snus it manufactures from tobacco. 
    
8. On which car’s model was the erstwhile Indian car Contessa based? 
   Vauxhall Victor. 
    
9. Which was the first liquid nail polish brand?
   Cutex. 
    
10. This company’s chairman is linked with cricket and was in news recently for wrong reasons. Identify the logo and name of the chairman of this group. 
    Stanford Group. Sir Allen Stanford was associated with cricket in the Caribbean and was recently accused of a financial scam in the US.

 

There were 48 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 93. The winners who will receive a copy of The Kama Sutra of Business are: Monica Damodar, Mumbai; Pratik Basu Roy, Pune; Anita Sharma, New Delhi; Y Kondraju, Secunderabad; Gaurav Chopra, New Delhi; Sunil Kumar, Mumbai; Sonia Jain; Hoshiarpur; Kedar Chandavarkar, Mumbai; Suresh Kumar, Mumbai; and Deepika, Lucknow. Monica Damodar also wins Rs 2,000.