Facts: Butcher Block is an Austin (Travis County), Texas company that packages meat products for sale to local convenience stores. When its refrigerated delivery truck suffers an engine failure, Butcher’s president Billy contacted Vaught Motors, an Oklahoma City company that sells refrigerated vans and trucks to businesses. Billy negotiated with Vaught sales associate Annie a valid contract for the immediate sale and next-morning delivery of a used 2017 Mitsubishi Fuso FE 140 for $45,000 (including a time-of-the-essence clause because Butcher could make no deliveries without the truck). Vaught delivered a vehicle promptly, but it was a 2019 GMC G33705 van. Butcher rejected delivery because the GMC van—though newer, so the price was good—had only half of the storage capacity as the Mitsubishi truck and thus would not allow Butcher to make all of its deliveries each day. Butcher instead bought an equivalent Mitsubishi truck from another seller for $50,000. The day it was supposed to receive the truck from Vaught, Butcher missed all of its deliveries, which were worth $10,000 in profit. It also had to rent a delivery truck for 10 days at $500/day so that it could fill its orders while it awaited the truck from the alternate seller.

Question 1: Explain whether Vaught performed or breached its contract with Butcher and what the potential damages are for Butcher.

Question 2: For this second question only, assume that Annie was a probationary sales associate, and her manager Madelyn had told her orally not to do contracts above $25,000 without consulting her, and Annie did not consult Madelyn about the contract with Butcher. Billy had contacted Annie directly through the Vaught website, which told customers “Our sales associates can get you the right truck for your business,” and it included Annie’s name and contract information. Explain under agency law principles whether Vaught or Annie (or both) is liable for money damages if Butcher were to win a judgment for breach of contract.

Essay 3: If Butcher sues Vaught in a court located in its home (Travis County, Texas), explain what court or courts have subject matter jurisdiction over the lawsuit and whether there is personal jurisdiction over Vaught. Also address whether Butcher can sue in a court if the contract contains a clause requiring the parties to arbitrate.

3. What did you learn from the story of Vodafone in Japan?

1. Cost and purchase price are the two different measurements companies use to evaluate the purchasing performance. What is the benefit of developing performance measures that focus on cost versus purchase price? If the cost is a better performance measurement than cost, should purchase price be used as a performance measure at all? Why or why not?

2. What is your understanding of the difference between effectiveness and efficiency measures? Are these two measurements independent from each other? When should a firm focus on purchasing effectiveness measures? When should a firm focus on purchasing efficiency measures?

A furniture maker has 4,200 wood units and 8,000 hours available, during which it will manufacture decorative screens. Previously, 2 models have been sold well, so it will be limited to producing these 2 types of furniture. He estimates that model one requires 5 units of wood and 7 hours of available time, while model 2 requires 2 units of wood and 8 hours. The utility that each model provides is 120 dollars. and 80 dollars, respectively. What is the maximum utility that this manufacturer can achieve? USING SIMPLEX METHOD

Kirkland's Inc.

1. Describe the core competencies of the organization, and explain how these are or are not different from their competitors.

2. Provide an overview of the financial situation. Describe the cost structure of the organization and compare it to its competitors. Select several strategically significant financial ratios for your organization. Explain specifically why each is of strategic relevance. To what extent will the financial situation of the organization help or hinder its ability to maintain what it is currently doing. What does the financial situation of the organization suggest about its capacity to undertake new strategies?

3. Identify and describe 5-8 of the major strengths of the organization. Identify and describe 5-8 of the major weaknesses of the organization.

1. A toy manufacturer uses approximately 32,000 silicon chips annually. The chips are used at a steady rate during the 240 days a year that the plant operates. Annual holding cost is $3 per chip, and ordering cost is $120. Determine the following:

a) The optimal order quantity (EOQ)

b) The number of workdays in an order cycle

2. Determine an A-B-C classification for the following items:

1. (No plagiarism, please) You have just been hired at Starbucks. Your mission is to understand the Organizational structure and responsibilities of its employees. Based on your understanding, create your own Organizational Chart for Starbucks with the positions below and briefly explain the responsibilities of each position, especially as it relates to Starbucks (1-2 sentences each).

CEO, CFO, Director of Human Resources, Business Analyst Manager, Development Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, Business Analyst, Developer, Tester, Production Manager

1. Discuss the implications of facility location decisions on a supply chain.

2. Discuss the critical factors influencing facility location.

(minimum of 250 words): In your own words, identify two positive accomplishments of the Reconstruction period (1863-1877) and why they are important to you to you in your individual lived experience; what conditions did these accomplishments have to overcome in order to see the light of day?

1. One benefit claimed by third-party logistics provider is that they can provide access to critical performance and operational data. From the supply chain information system perspective, what do you think these data could be? How these data may impact supply chain performance? Are these data really critical to a firm? Also, why can 3rd party logistics providers collect these data?

2. ERP system started in the 1990s and has quickly become a necessity for almost all companies. People claim that the ERP system has brought enormous benefits to organizations, from improving competition and efficiency to enhanced collaboration. This is the reason why almost all companies are working (or planning to work) with an ERP system.

However, the study has shown that the failure rate of the ERP system is significant. The failure rate ranges from 50% to 70% depends on different studies. If ERP is such a great system, people must have accumulated sufficient experience over decades of history. Why do you think there is still such a high failure rate?

1)Discuss who is responsible for transfer of learning? How can those responsible maximize learning transfer?

2)Discuss the different types of training evaluations? What are the advantages and disadvantages to these evaluation methods?

what are the principal e-commerce business models

Name and describe the principal e-commerce business models

Organizational Behaviour

1. Equity theory is a model of motivation that explains how people strive for fairness and justice in social exchanges. In a short essay explain how feeling of inequity creates motivation to create equity (to reduce inequity).                                          

Which of the following statements about information technology is NOT true? a. It has resulted in leaner organizations. b. It has increased collaboration among employees. c. It has improved management processes. d. It provides more flexible operations. e. It has provided more down time for employees.