The managerial value of regularly consulting the data in the Year-to-Year Performance Highlights report has to do with the data provided being the quickest and best way to:
a. identify which of the company's competitive efforts in the branded Internet and Wholesale segments need to be increased, left as is, or decreased in the upcoming decison round
b. identify more competitively-effective ways to match or beat the performance of rival companies with higher performance scores or, if the company is already the industry's best performing company, how to extend its lead over those rival companies not far behind.
c. review the caliber of the operating results and key performance outcomes being achieved in all four geographic regions for all years completed to date--so that needed corrective actions can be taken in upcoming decision rounds.
d. get a better grasp of what size adjustments to make for each of the Competitive Assumptions on the Internet and Wholesale decision screens in the upcoming year
e. spot those instances when its operating profit per pair in the Internet and Wholesale segments within each region were different and determine the reasons for these differences.
