One reason new products fail is that although most major corporations use a formal decision-making process, sometimes they fail to critically evaluate the progress along the way. This is why many firms have a to ensure that problems are corrected before proceeding to the next stage.

Southeastern oklahoma state university's business program has the facilities and faculty to handle an enrollment of 2,000 new students per semester. however, in an effort to limit class sizes to a "reasonable" level (under 200 generally), southeastern's dean, holly lutze, placed a ceiling on enrollment of 1,600 new students. although there was ample demand for business courses last semester, conflicting schedules allowed only 1,440 new students to take business courses.the utilization rate for southeastern=%the efficiency rate for southeastern=%