A retired couple supplement their income by making fruit pies, which they sell to a local grocery store. During the month of September, they produce apple and grape pies. The apple pies are sold for $1.40 to the grocer, and the grape pies are sold for $1.25. The couple is able to sell all of the pies they produce owing to their high quality. They use fresh ingredients. Flour and sugar are purchased once each month. For the month of September, they have 1,150 cups of sugar and 1,800 cups of flour. Each apple pie requires 1½ cups of sugar and 3 cups of flour, and each grape pie requires 2 cups of sugar and 3 cups of flour.

a. Determine the number of grape and the number of apple pies that will maximize revenues if the couple working together can make an apple pie in 8 minutes and a grape pie in 2 minutes. Together, they plan to work no more than 45 hours. (Round your answers to nearest whole number. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

b. Determine the amounts of sugar, flour, and time that will be unused. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required. Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole number.)

Define ergonomics. Discuss the role of ergonomics in job design. Give at least three (3) existing ergonomics design. Explain how these designs help workers to be more productive

A small candy shop is preparing for the holiday season. The owner must decide how many bags of deluxe mix and how many bags of standard mix of Peanut/Raisin Delite to put up. The deluxe mix has .70 pound raisins and .30 pound peanuts, and the standard mix has .50 pound raisins and .50 pound peanuts per bag. The shop has 75 pounds of raisins and 60 pounds of peanuts to work with.
Peanuts cost $.60 per pound and raisins cost $1.50 per pound. The deluxe mix will sell for $2.55 per pound, and the standard mix will sell for $2.40 per pound. The owner estimates that no more than 120 bags of one type can be sold.

a. If the goal is to maximize profits, how many bags of each type should be prepared? Use Excel Solver. (Round intermediate cost calculations to 2 decimal places and round your answers to the nearest whole number.)

  
b. What is the expected profit? Use Excel Solver. (Enter your answer based on the unrounded (not rounded) decision variable values from Part a. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Omit the "$" sign in your response.)

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Can I have an external environmental analysis related to PESTLE or the 5 forces for Starbucks, please?

Business Law Question

Alina, a chef who has never owned her own restaurant, sues a builder who failed to finish building her first restaurant on time. She presents evidence of the profits made by similar restaurants that have been in business for some time. Is this good evidence of the damages she has suffered because of the delay? To what damages is she entitled?

a)Fill in the network diagram below

b-Clearly List your critical path

c-What is the shortest time need to complete the project (without expediting)?

d-To expedite the project by two weeks, which activities will you crash? Crashing cost?

You create a policy and a procedure to accompany improved census process for a rehabilitation facility.

1. What is the primary goal of queuing analysis?

2. Briefly explain how artificial variability hinders smooth flow scheduling.

3. Briefly describe the steps and purpose of Delphi method.

4. Explain the benefits of a vendor-managed inventory (VMI) system for the supplier and for the customer.

5. How does SCM support the quality, delivery, and flexibility competitive priorities?

Projects are most likely to succeed when they have clear objectives, a realistic schedule and executive leadership.

What are several key project success factors? Is perception important, and why?

Cereal Inc.

Overview

You’re a product manager for Cereal Inc., in charge of the “Super-Bran Flakes” brand and are considering a new advertising campaign for the cereal. Previous campaigns emphasized a link between the cereal and consumer health by showing in print and media ads healthy active people eating the cereal after running, biking, rock climbing, etc. You have maintained your market share, though are always on the lookout for a breakthrough advertising campaign that would increase sales.

Your assistant has been reading recent medical research on the link between vitamin B₁₂ and cancer which suggests that high B₁₂ consumption is associated with lower incidences of some forms of cancer. Super-Bran flakes is fairly high in vitamin B₁₂, which is added artificially in the manufacturing process. You know that advertisements linking your cereal to cancer reduction would have the potential to provide a significant increase in sales.

The Research

The research on the link between vitamin B₁₂ and cancer is in the very early stages. A couple of recent studies on rats have identified a statistical correlation between consumption of B₁₂ and a reduced risk of some cancers. But correlation doesn’t mean causation -- it isn’t clear yet to researchers that the B₁₂caused the cancer reduction in the lab animals. Or if it did produce cancer reduction how much B₁₂ the average human would have to consume, and in what form (e.g., an artificial additive vs. naturally occurring) to significantly lower cancer risk. And researchers do not know if negative health effects might result from too much B₁₂ consumption.

Dilemma

Your assistant is suggesting that you produce a new line of advertisements that links vitamin B₁₂ with cancer reduction, saying “research shows that vitamin B₁₂ is associated with a reduced risk of cancer,” with the tag line that “Super-Bran flakes is a great source of vitamin B₁₂!” He argues that the ad is not deceptive because it is technically true, plus if it turns out that B₁₂ does not reduce cancer it probably won’t hurt consumers to eat more of your cereal.

You wonder whether “technically true” is the same as “not deceptive.” You are further concerned about research that shows that when consumers feel they are doing something healthy in one part of their diet they sometimes cut back on healthy alternatives in other parts of their diet. This challenges the assumption that eating more of your cereal will do no harm, as does the uncertainty about whether the overconsumption of B₁₂ mightcause negative health effects.

1. Do you agree with your assistant’s recommendation? On what ethical basis(es) do you justify your answer (i.e., profit maximization, utilitarianism, universalism).

2. If you don’t agree with the recommendation, what decision would you recommend, and why?

Topic: Federal and state collaboration efforts, Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) I LIVE IN ARKANSAS

Question/Prompt: Research what federal and state collaboration efforts (if any) exist for the state in which you live and/or practice. Does your state currently participate in Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC)? If not, are there plans to become involved in this partnership? Finally, why is this collaboration important? Information should be available through your state's Department of Health or at the HealthIT.gov page on HISPC (http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/health-information-security-privacy-collaboration-hispc).

What other possibilities are there for locating a Business Analytics Competency Center in an organization? When might one of these other options be appropriate?

What are the differences among information strategy, information architecture, and information technology? How do these interact in a business?