Question $8$

Which one of the following is not one of the factors that affect the S$/$Q rating of a company's footwear?

Expenditures for best practices training

Current$-$year spending per footwear model for new styling$/$features

Whether production improvement option $C$ has been installed $($this option entails investing in special production equipm boosts the S$/$Q rating of all pairs produced by $1\mathrm{.}0$ star$)$

A company's current and cumulative spending for TQM$/$Six Sigma quality control programs

The percentage size of a production facility's reject rates for branded and private$-$label footwear due to defective workma and poorly$-$maintained equipment