Which one of the following is not one of the factors that affect the S/Q rating of a company's footwear?
A. The annual number of innovative new performance features built into a company's branded models/styles.
B. Expenditures for best practices training
C. Current-year spending per footwear model for new styling/features and whether production improvement option C has been installed (this option entails investing in special production equipment that boosts the S/Q rating of all pairs produced by 1.0 star)
D. The percentage use of superior materials
E. A company's cumulative spending for TQM/Six Sigma quality control programs Coming diat