Wallace is having a frustrating day at work after his manager changes deadlines on him, leaves him out of the loop in an importa
nt email chain, and turns down his time-off request. In the middle of a meeting that afternoon, Wallace stands up, announces that he's quitting, and walks out of the office. Which decision-making misstep did Wallace commit?
Impulsiveness is one of the main reasons for poor decisions being made. When making a decision is recommendable to first gather information to evaluate alternatives, weight the information, make a choice and finally evaluate the results.
Poor decisions are caused by not considering the consequences, a lack of understanding about the factors implicated, an extreme influence of personal emotions, or making decisions impulsively.
Furniture is a highly customized product, but its handling and distribution are complex due to its bulkiness. Therefore, the production phase is a pull system based on realized demand while transportation/distribution of furniture is implemented based on push system with fixed delivery schedules in order to achieve economies of scale.
