(PLEASE WHEN SOLVING DO IT ON A COMPUTER AND NOT IN A SHEET OF PAPER BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO UNDERSTAND)

2. Consider the following linear:

Min 2A + 2B

s.t.     

1A + 3B ≤ 12

3A + 1B ≥ 13

1A - 1B = 3

A, B ≥ 0

a. Show the feasible region.

b. What are the extreme points of the feasible region?

c. Find the optimal solution using the graphical solution procedure.

Question 3

1. Wilton Technologies wishes to use MRP methodology to developing a material requirements plan for the next nine weeks. Williston Technologies has gathered the following information to work with:

   Bill of Materials:

   Current Inventory Records:                           

   Inventory

                           Leadtime                                 Currently

   Part                  (in weeks)       Lotsize            On-hand

   A                     1                      Lot-for-Lot     50       

   B                     1                      75                    85                   

   C                     2                      30                    100                 

   D                     2                      50                    415     

   Master Production Schedule:

                                                               -Weeks-

               Part                  1          2          3          4          5          6          7          8          9         

   A                     0          50        100      100      250      0          200      0        50         

   Please use MRP methodology to develop a materials requirement plan for Williston Technologies.

   Which of the following is/are true about the Planned Order Releases you have calculated?

                 I. Exactly 100 of Part A should be ordered in Week 2.

                 II. Exactly 225 of Part B should be ordered in Week 5.

                 III. The Planned Order Releases for Part B and Part C are identical to each other.

   	a.	I and II
   	b.	II only
   	c.	I, II and III
   	d.	I only
   	e.	I and III

How could McGregor’s Theory X potentially inhibit valuing generational diversity from the perspective of Leadership in a Team Environment ? Conversely, Theory Y?

1. Try to develop a model for individuals (patients) medicine buying behaviour. (Use a flow chart or step by step process) (Use bullet format max. one single page)

With its innovative strategy of transforming logistics delivery to third party from traditional carriers such as USPS, UPS and FedEx, can Amazon succeed in reducing its logistic costs and fulfilling its promise to efficiently deliver the brown box to its customer in 2 days? PLEASE SUPPORT ANSWERS WITH PROPER DATA DESCRIPTIONS.

Please select an organization of your choice from the one of the following industries:

A. Automotive B. High Tech C. Hospitality and Tourism

to develop a Benchmarking report where you need to identify:

1. The rationale for and the objectives of the benchmarking. Why is this benchmarking exercise important for the business? What type of benchmarking is appropriate (competitive, internal, functional, generic). Please remember:

1. Internal benchmarking is a comparison of a business process to a similar process inside the organization.
2. Competitive benchmarking is a direct competitor-to-competitor comparison of a product, service, process, or method.
3. Functional benchmarking is a comparison to similar or identical practices within the same or similar functions outside the immediate industry.
4. Generic benchmarking broadly conceptualizes unrelated business processes or functions that can be practiced in the same or similar ways regardless of the industry.

2. The elements that you want to compare (for example: business units, departments, activties, employee performance etc.). You can benchmark product performance (sales, revenues, customer satisfaction, manufacturing cyscle time) , employee perfomance ( Productivity levels, untis produced per week, internal promotions rate, retention level, absenteeism level), customer service (digital customer service, customer satisfaction score, customer problem solving score).

3. The performance indicators (metrics) , the targets and all related information.

In the conclusion of the report please discuss potential areas for improvement that might be identified through this particular benchmarking exercise.

Word Count: 1,200 words

Fully Discuss/explain the following:

A. Strategic, Organizational, and Financial Controls

B. Balanced Scorecard from the perspective of influencing performance

C. The relationships between strategy and structure

D. the importance of the items in A, B, and C to an organization and its leaders

For this activity, you will explore your understanding of effective listening skills in an organizational setting. You may be able to use the ideas you develop here in your final project.

Objective: This question is designed to help you gain insight on your final project’s communication problem. You may be able to use material from this activity in your final project.

Background: Please begin this exercise by reading the following information carefully.

Research on adults’ listening styles by Sargent and Weaver (2003) and others suggests that women use their listening skills to learn about people and to make connections with others, while men listen more for information and to solve intellectual challenges. The findings do not mean women do not engage in content-oriented listening and that men do not engage in people-oriented listening. Both sexes clearly engage in both types of listening. However, Sargent and Weaver and other researchers say findings like these indicate that women and men generally do, indeed, have different approaches to listening.

Activity:

How might you apply this information about sex differences in listening styles to your communication in the workplace*?

It is your responsibility, as the new head of the automotive section of Nichols Department Store, to ensure that reorder quantities for the various items have been correctly established. You decide to test one item and choose Michelin tires, XW size 185 × 14 BSW. A perpetual inventory system has been used, so you examine this as well as other records and come up with the following data:

Because customers generally do not wait for tires but go elsewhere, you decide on a service probability of 98 percent. Assume the demand occurs 365 days per year.

a. Determine the order quantity. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

b. Determine the reorder point. (Use Excel's NORM.S.INV() function to find the z value. Round z value to 2 decimal places and final answer to the nearest whole number.)

Weiss’s paint store uses a (Q, R) inventory control system to control its stock level. For a particular popular white latex paint, historical data show that the distribution of monthly demand is approximately normal, with mean 28 and standard deviation 8. Replenishment lead time for this paint is about 14 weeks. Each can of paint costs the store $6. Although excess demands are backordered, the store owner estimates that unfilled demands cost about $10 each in bookkeeping and loss of goodwill costs. Fixed costs of replenishment are $15 per order, and holding costs are based on a 30% annual rate of interest.

a) Follow the Q, R policy identified in a), what is the inventory level when the order with size of Q (identified in a) arrives if there was $150 loss in bookkeeping and loss of goodwill due to unfilled demands in last cycle?

b) Follow the Q, R policy identified in a), what is the inventory level when the order with size of Q (identified in a) arrives if the inventory at the end of last cycle is 21?

Describe the Shouldice hospital's innovation within its industry?

Question 1 The following questions are based on the letter below.
Dear Madam:
Unfortunately, because you have not paid your account for the last three months, we have absolutely NO CHOICE but to turn off your heat soon. We know that winter is upon us and it's a horrible time to be without heat, but you really brought this on yourself.
Next time, we recommend PAYING your bills ON TIME. If you get us your outstanding payments soon, you can keep your heat. As always, we appreciate your business and value you as our customer. Sincerely, Tcnaga Api Customer Service Team
(a) Evaluate THREE (3) effectiveness of the letter. You are expected to include aspects of you-attitude and positive emphasis in building goodwill.
(b) Rewrite the letter in a way that builds goodwill to the customer and at the same time, delivers the message.

Describe the sales process as a series of interrelated steps  

• How SWOT analysis can be used as a strategic planning tool

• What the key performance indicators are and why they are essential to strategic planning

A large, U.S. based supermarket chain wants to purchase a medium-sized European supermarket chain based in London. The U.S. supermarket has reached a point of saturation in the United States and they are looking for ways to grow. The U.S. based supermarket chain pursues a cost-leadership strategy in the United States and offers customers value through low prices and a vast variety of products. The U.S. based supermarket currently has a global market share of 2% and earns approximately 1.78% in operating income. All 32,500 stores are located in the United States. The company has core competencies in supply chain management and store operations. The leadership team is comprised of executives that worked a Walmart and K-Mart. The London based supermarket has grown year-over-year at a steady rate of 9% for the last 10 years. The chain has 11,500 stores in the U.K., France, Spain, Germany, and Italy. Yet, 10,000 of the stores are in the U.K. The company pursues a focused differentiation across its footprint. The London based supermarket has a global market share of 1.5% and earns approximately 6.2% in operating income. The company has strong capabilities and competencies in follow-up services, which allows the company to adjust its product and service offerings based on local preferences and tastes. This allows the company to charge premium prices that customers are happy to pay. The leadership team at the London based supermarket has core competencies in logistics and distribution that has translated well in sourcing items locally.

Utilizing the information in the question, address the following:

a) Why would U.S. based supermarket want to acquire the London based supermarket chain. Provide at least two points of support.

b) given your limited understanding of the potential transaction (the acquisition), what are some potential issues/challenges that may exist? Provide at least two issues/challenges