How do architects and engineers compare as professionals? Where does their expertise overlap? How do they approach problems differently?

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Q. Question To Ask A Lean Manufacturing Consultant Before Hiring: What Is Your Lean Manufacturing Approach For My Facility (manufacturing organization)?

Firms x, y, and z produce and sell an identical product and operate in an oligopolistic market whose daily demand is

Q = 720 – 4P. Their respective T.C. functions per day are:

T.C.x = 2,600 + 1.25Q2, T.C.y = 2,400 + 1,25Q2, and T.C.z = 1,800 + 1.25Q2

Assume that these three firms agree to join efforts to create a cartel and act as a monopoly and agree to the following market shares of the artificially created monopoly’s optimum output or Q*: Firm x: 40%, Firm y: 35%, and Firm z: 25%. They also agree to charge the same price. Please show your work clearly in answering the following questions:

If the three firms live up to their agreement, how many units will each firm produce and what price will each firm charge?

If none of the three firms cheats on the agreement, what will profits be for each of these firms?

Calculate the pH for the titration of 40.00ml of 0.1000M solution of ethylamine (C2H5NH2) with 0.1000M HCl for the following volumes of added HCl: Kb for ethylamine = 6.4X10-4

Volumes; 0.00ml; 20.00ml; 40.00ml and 50.00ml

Kit Kat is the UK's best-selling chocolate bar. 650 bars are consumed every second globally. Kit Kat was introduced in 1958 and continues to generate strong consumer demand. In 2009, Kit Kat was listed as one of Time’s “13 Most Influential Candy Bars of All Time”. Kit Kat is also the number one best-selling chocolate in Japan, and the only non-American brand in America’s list of top 5 chocolate favorites. Kit Kat is the world’s first chocolate bar made from 100% sustainable cocoa. Kit Kat has a case to be the healthiest candy bar in the market. Kit Kat’s tagline is a simple and memorable “Have a break...Have a Kit Kat!” one that effectively communicates the brand’s vision. With such a catchy tagline, Kit Kat has branded itself as the go-to social snack for people of all ages. In late 2013, just as Kit Kat was searching for the next brand to partner with, Google approached Kit Kat with a proposal to name version 4.4 of their Android operating system the Android Kit Kat.

However, in the competitive modern world consumers' tastes continually change. There has been in recent years an ongoing revolution in modifying products. In previous times, sweets and chocolate bars remained in more or less the same form for many years. Today, however, modern sophisticated consumers constantly seek novelty and change, and consumers have become the driving force behind product modification.

Although Kit Kat continued to be the Number 1 confectionery brand, by the late 2010s its volume sales were falling. Faced with several increasingly attractive competitive offerings, consumers began to see Kit Kat in its traditional form as lacking in excitement and interest, with purchases being driven more by habit than positive choice. Although the four-finger Kit Kat continued to be highly popular with its core target market of 25-40-year-olds, it was losing popular appeal with younger consumers.

The image problem was most evident among core count line consumers i.e. The youth segment those who are between the ages of 12-20-year-olds. In this important age group, while Kit Kat had been part of 'growing up' and may also have made regular appearances in lunch boxes, it was hardly relevant to their lifestyle. Moreover, Kit Kat created the International Youth Day that supports the youth of today to move forward in their dreams and aspirations along with enjoying their breaks. Kit Kat intensifies its promotion campaign to this segment during exams time. Students after being exhausted from studying turn to Kit Kat for a break. Kit Kat recognizes the power of digital networks and social media platforms in influencing the youth consumer choice and strategically uses social media to win their affections. The traditional four-finger Kit Kat did not seem relevant to them. In 2011 therefore, Nestlé felt it was time for some re-invention. The company decided to develop a new format of Kit Kat whilst still retaining the four-finger variety with which consumers are so familiar.

Nestle is a market-focused producer that recognizes the need for regular change. This is required because consumers want and demand change, rival firms are constantly re-inventing themselves and their products and, innovation and inventiveness keep an organization flexible and able to respond to further change.

To find out exactly what consumers were looking for, Nestlé carried out detailed market research, including detailed qualitative research. Many pairs of young people were invited to give their views on different formats for the new product whether they preferred one or two fingers, what flavors they preferred (caramel, peanut butter, orange jelly, chocolate layers, etc). Researchers also considered the most appropriate form of packaging to add further interest and attraction to the product. A survey group might consist of, for example, males and females who were 17, 18, 19 or 20 years old, of different ethnic origin, from different parts of the UK, and a mix of students and non-students.

A top Kit Kat competitor, Cadbury is an international confectionery company that is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was founded during the year 1824 and the company is owned by Mondelez International since 2010. Cadbury's main objective is to become the World’s biggest confectionery company in the world. Cadbury brand is considered as the second-largest brand in the world. It has its business operations in about 50 countries. Cadbury always seeks to challenge Kit Kat in every segment of the market. Cadbury is legally fighting Nestlé over the shape of Kit Kat. In short Cadbury and Nestlé are bitter rivals and Cadbury is looking for the appropriate time to attack Nestlé.

Questions:
1- As a manager for Kit Kat brand in Lebanon, critically analyze what kind of strategies you can apply during maturity stage and during this time of the corona virus time. Explain the different kinds of strategies and support your answer with real example.

2- An important function of marketing is to drive growth in sales and revenue for a company. Explain all growth strategies that Kit Kat can apply in order to achieve comptetive advantages over Cadburys. What specific strategy would you recommend and why? Support your answer with examples.

3- Evaluate how Kit Kat should segment its market. Which segmentation variable is the most applicable for Kit Kat and what are the criteria they must consider?

4- Not everyone who buys a product has the same needs or wants the same benefits from it. Based on the above statement, discuss and explain how Kit Kat can identify their distinctive market segments with clear marketing implications.

Write a C program.

Problem 1: You are given two sorted arrays, A and B, and A has a large enough buffer at the end to hold B. Write a method to merge B into A in sorted order without using any other array space. Implementation instruction: (1) Define one array of size 18 for A and the other array of size 5 for B. (2) Initialize A by inputting 13 integers in the ascending order, and Initialize B by inputting 5 integers in the ascending order. (Note: don’t hard code the integers of the arrays.) (3) Merge B with A in a way all values are sorted. (4) Print out the updated array A, after merging with B. For example: If your input for A is 1, 3, 11, 15, 20, 25, 34, 54, 56, 59, 66, 69, 71 and your input for B is 2, 4, 5, 22, 40 Finally, after merging A and B, A becomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 15, 20, 22, 25, 34, 40, 54, 56, 59, 66, 69, 71

A loudspeaker of mass 17.0kg is suspended a distance of h = 2.40m below the ceiling by two cables that make equal angles with the ceiling. Each cable has a length of l = 2.50m .

What is the tension T in each of the cables?

Use 9.80m/s2 for the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity.

In Java:

Implement a program that directs a cashier how to give change. The program has two inputs: the amount due and the amount received from the customer.

Display the dollars, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies that the customer should receive in return. In order to avoid roundoff errors, the program user should supply both amounts in pennies (for example 274 instead of 2.74).

Copper Kettle Catering (CKC) is a full-service catering company that provides services ranging from box lunches for picnics or luncheon meetings to large wedding, dinner, or office parties. Established as a lunch delivery service for offices in 1972 by Wayne and Janet Williams, CKC has grown to be one of the largest catering businesses in Raleigh, North Carolina. The company divides customer demand into two categories: deliver only and deliver and serve.

The deliver-only side of the business delivers boxed meals consisting of a sandwich, salad, dessert, and fruit. The menu for this service is limited to six sandwich selections, three salads or potato chips, and a brownie or fruit bar. Grapes and an orange slice are included with every meal, and iced tea can be ordered to accompany the meals. The overall level of demand for this service throughout the year is fairly constant, although the mix of menu items delivered varies. The planning horizon for this segment of the business is short: Customers usually call no more than a day ahead of time. CKC requires customers to call deliver-only orders in by 10:00 a.m. to guarantee delivery the same day.

The deliver-and-serve side of the business focuses on catering large parties, dinners, and weddings. The extensive range of menu items includes a full selection of hors d’oeuvres, entrées, beverages, and special-request items. The demand for these services is much more seasonal, with heavier demands occurring in the late spring–early summer for weddings and the late fall–early winter for holiday parties. However, this segment also has a longer planning horizon. Customers book dates and choose menu items weeks or months ahead of time.

CKC’s food preparation facilities support both operations. The physical facilities layout resembles that of a job process. Five major work areas consist of a stove–oven area for hot food preparation, a cold area for salad preparation, an hors d’oeuvre preparation area, a sandwich preparation area, and an assembly area where deliver-only orders are boxed and deliver-and-serve orders are assembled and trayed. Three walk-in coolers store foods requiring refrigeration, and a large pantry houses nonperishable goods. Space limitations and the risk of spoilage limit the amount of raw materials and prepared food items that can be carried in inventory at any one time. CKC purchases desserts from outside vendors. Some deliver the desserts to CKC; others require CKC to send someone to pick up desserts at their facilities.

The scheduling of orders is a two-stage process. Each Monday, Wayne and Janet develop the schedule of deliver-and-serve orders to be processed each day. CKC typically has multiple deliver-and-serve orders to fill each day of the week. This level of demand allows a certain efficiency in the preparation of multiple orders. The deliver-only orders are scheduled day to day, owing to the short-order lead times. CKC sometimes runs out of ingredients for deliver-only menu items because of the limited inventory space.

Wayne and Janet have 10 full-time employees: two cooks and eight food preparation workers, who also work as servers for the deliver-and-serve orders. In periods of high demand, they hire additional part-time servers. The position of cook is specialized and requires a high degree of training and skill. The rest of the employees are flexible and move between tasks as needed.

The business environment for catering is competitive. The competitive priorities are high-quality food, delivery reliability, flexibility, and cost—in that order. “The quality of the food and its preparation is paramount,” states Wayne Williams. “Caterers with poor-quality food will not stay in business long.” Quality is measured by both freshness and taste. Delivery reliability encompasses both on-time delivery and the time required to respond to customer orders (in effect, the order lead time). Flexibility focuses on both the range of catering requests that a company can satisfy and menu variety.

Recently, CKC began to notice that customers are demanding more menu flexibility and faster response times. Small specialty caterers who entered the market are targeting specific well-defined market segments. One example is a small caterer called Lunches-R-Us, which located a facility in the middle of a large office complex to serve the lunch trade and competes with CKC on cost.

Wayne and Janet Williams are impressed by the lean systems concept, especially the ideas related to increasing flexibility, reducing lead times, and lowering costs. They sound like what CKC needs to remain competitive. However, the Williamses wonder whether lean concepts and practices are transferable to a service business.

Questions

1. Are the operations of Copper Kettle Catering conducive to the application of lean concepts and practices? Explain.

2. What, if any, are the major barriers to implementing a lean system at Copper Kettle Catering?

3. What would you recommend that Wayne and Janet Williams do to take advantage of lean concepts in operating CKC?

A vase falls off a table and shatters into three fragments which move away horizontally across the floor. Fragment 1 has half the mass of the original vase and travels with speed 34.5 cm/s. Fragment 2 has one-quarter the mass of the original vase and travels with speed 26.6 cm/s in a direction perpendicular to Fragment 1.

What is the speed (in cm/s) of the third fragment?

The average resident has a demand for fresh oranges which is a linear function of the prices of the three goods.

Q=4000 - 200 f + 100 c + 400 p

The subscript ‘f’ denoted fresh oranges, the subscript “c” OJ(orange juice) concentrate, and the subscript “p” peanuts.

Question: Assuming the price of OJ concentrate is fixed at $1 and fresh oranges’ price is fixed at $6, find the cross-price elasticity of demand for fresh oranges relative to peanuts for the average consumer when the price of peanuts is at $2, $8, and $10. What does that tell you about how the average consumer’s views fresh oranges compared to peanuts?

Fundamentals Of Analytical Chemistry 9th Edition - Skoog

Balance the net ionic equation of the following redox reaction using half-reaction method. Show the steps.

Cr(OH)₃ + ClO₃^- --------> CrO₄^2- + Cl^- (basic medium)

Please use Java only.

Write the class TopResult, which keeps track of the best (highest numbered or highest ordered) result it has seen so far. The class will be a generic type, so the type of results it sees depends on how it is declared.

TopResult Task:

There are a number of situations in which we want to keep track of the highest value we've seen so far - a highest score, a most recent entry, a name which is closest to the end (or the front) of a list, etc. We can imagine writing a simple class which will do this: a class which will let us enter new results one by one, and at any point will let us stop and ask for the highest value.

So far, so good, right? But what if we have a number of different applications for this sort of class - for example, we want to find the top (integer) score on a test, or the highest (decimal) temperature reading, or the GUI window which is closest to the top, etc. Subclassing isn't quite the way to go here, because a TopResult which holds Integers isn't an instance of a TopResult which holds Doubles, and vice versa. But simply writing a class for every possible type we may need may seem like overkill, since the structure of the code is essentially the same from class to class.

In situations such as these, generics come to our rescue. When we define a generic class, the data type we use is essentially represented as a wildcard - a generic type parameter, which we can call T for instance. We write the class assuming that we have a type T in mind, with the idea that we will fill in the type once we know what it is. This is how an ArrayList is implemented, for example. It is a dynamic array of some generic type T, and the exact type is decided (specialized) when we declare the ArrayList variable, for example ArrayList<String> a. If we write our entire class in terms of this unkown type parameter, we will be able to simply name the type later when we want to use it.

In this exercise, we will write the class TopResult. It will have a generic type parameter (you can call it T or something else). Type T must be a Comparable type (thus, the full generic type parameter would be <T extends Comparable<T>>).

A Comparable is an interface which is implemented by classes such as Integer, Double, Character, and String, which allow two members of the same type to be compared to one another to see which is larger. The interface has one method, compareTo, which returns a negative, zero, or positive result indicating whether the object is less than, equal to, or greater than the object it is being compared against:

> Integer three = 3, four = 4;
> three.compareTo(four)
-1
> four.compareTo(three)
1
> four.compareTo(four)
0

The TopResult task should implement the following public methods:

• TopResult, a default constructor. Initially there should be no top result since no results have been seen yet.
• newResult, which takes an object of type T, representing a new result, as a parameter, but does not return anything. This method will check whether the new result is better than the current top result, and if so, replace it, otherwise it will ignore it. If there is currently no top result (because no results had been seen yet), then the current result automatically becomes the top result.
• getTopResult, which does not take any parameters but returns the current top result. If there is currently no top result (because no results have been seen yet), then this method should return null.
• toString, which will return the toString value of the current top result, or a null if there have been no results yet.

The following shows an example use of this class:

> TopResult<Integer> tr = new TopResult<Integer>();
> tr.getTopResult() // no results seen yet, should be null
null
> tr.newResult(7);
> tr.getTopResult()
7
> tr.newResult(3);
> tr.getTopResult()
7
> tr.newResult(4);
> tr.getTopResult()
7
> tr.newResult(9);
> tr.getTopResult()
9
> tr.newResult(20);
> tr.getTopResult()
20
> tr.toString() // this will print the toString() of the current top result
"20"

Please make sure that it passes the following: https://repl.it/@micky123/SweetEmotionalExtraction

Please be sure that the work is your own, not a duplicate of somebody else's. Thank you.

Define the equivalence point of an acid-base titration. Describe it for a weak acid-strong base titration (will the pH be >,<, or = 7).