The Metropolitan Bus Company (MBC) purchases diesel fuel from American Petroleum Supply. In addition to the fuel cost, American Petroleum Supply charges MBC $300 per order to cover the expenses of delivering and transferring the fuel to MBC's storage tanks. The lead time for a new shipment from American Petroleum is 10 days; the cost of holding a gallon of fuel in the storage tanks is $0.06 per month, or $0.72 per year; and annual fuel usage is 120,000 gallons. MBC buses operate 300 days a year.

1. What is the optimal order quantity for MBC?
   
   Q* =
   
2. How frequently should MBC order to replenish the gasoline supply?
   
   __________ orders per year
   
3. The MBC storage tanks have a capacity of 15,000 gallons. Should MBC consider expending the capacity of its storage tanks?
   
   Metropolitan Bus Company (Needs to expand / does not need to expand) the capacity of its storage tanks.
   
4. What is the reorder point?
   
   r = ______ gallons

in laws and public affairs, present at least three arguments for and against government regulation and deregulation issues in the united states?

Wilson Publishing Company produces books for the retail market. Demand for a current book is expected to occur at a constant annual rate of 6,900 copies. The cost of one copy of the book is $12. The holding cost is based on an 18% annual rate, and production setup costs are $130 per setup. The equipment on which the book is produced has an annual production volume of 24,000 copies. Wilson has 250 working days per year, and the lead time for a production run is 15 days. Use the production lot size model to compute the following values:

1. Minimum cost production lot size. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Do not round intermediate values.
   
   Q^* =
   
2. Number of production runs per year. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round intermediate values.
   
   Number of production runs per year =
   
3. Cycle time. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round intermediate values.
   
   T = _________ days
   
4. Length of a production run. Round your answer to two decimal places. Do not round intermediate values.
   
   Production run length = _________ days
   
5. Maximum inventory. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Do not round intermediate values.
   
   Maximum inventory = _______
   
6. Total annual cost. Round your answer to the nearest dollar. Do not round intermediate values.
   
   Total annual cost =_________ $  
   
7. Reorder point. Round your answer to the nearest whole number. Do not round intermediate values.
   
   r = ___________

Match the concepts with the characteristics that best describe them. Some of the concepts are used more than once.

Case Study-2

International trade theories argue that nations should open their doors to trade Conventional free trade wisdom says that by trading with others, a country can offer its citizens a greater volume and selection of goods at cheaper prices than it could in the absence of it. Nevertheless, truly free trade still does not exist because national governments intervene. Despite the efforts of WTO (World Trade Organization) and smaller groups of nations, government seems to be crying foul in the trade game now more than ever before.

We see efforts at protectionism in the rising trends in governments charging foreign producers for "dumping" their goods on the world market. Worldwide, the number of anti-dumping cases that were initiated stood at about 150 in 2014, 225 in 2015, 230 in 2016, and 300 in 2017.

There is no shortage of similar examples. The US charges Brazil, Japan, and Russia with dumping their products in the US market as a way out of tough economic times. The US steel industry wants the government to slap a 200 percent tariff on certain types of steel. But car makers in US are not complaining, and General Motors even spoke out against the anti-dumping charges — as it is enjoying the benefits of low cost steel for the use in its auto production. Canadian steel makers followed the lead of the US and are pushing for anti-dumping actions against four nations.

Emerging markets too, are jumping into the fray. Mexico recently expanded coverage of its Automatic Import Advice System. The system requires importers (from a selected list of countries) to notify Mexican officials of the amount and price of the shipment 10 days prior to its expected arrivals in Mexico. The ten day notice gives domestic producers advance warning of incoming low priced products so they can complain of dumping before the product clear customs and enter the market place. India is also getting onboard by setting up a new government agency to handle anti-dumping cases.

Why dumping is on the rise for the first place? The WTO has made major inroads on the use of tariffs, slashing them across every product category in recent years. But the WTO does not have the authority to punish companies, but only governments. Thus the WTO cannot pass judgments against individual companies that are dumping their products in other markets. It can only pass the rulings against the governments of the country that imposes anti-dumping duty. But the WTO allows countries to retaliate against nations whose producers are suspected of dumping when it can be shown that:

i) The alleged offenders are significantly hurting the domestic producers.

ii) The export price is lower than the cost of production or lower than the home market price.

Supporters of anti-dumping tariff claim that they prevent dumpers from undercutting the price charged by the producers in a target market and driving them about of business. Another claim in support of anti-dumping is that it is an excellent way of retaining some protection against the potential dangers of totally free trade. Detractors of anti-dumping tariffs charge that once the tariffs are imposed they are rarely removed. They also claim that they cost companies and governments a great deal of time and money to file and argue their cases. It is argued that the fear of being charged with dumping causes international competitors to keep their price higher in the target market than would have otherwise be the case. This would allow domestic companies to charge higher prices and not loose market shares forcing consumers to pay more for their goods.

Required Question

Questions 01: Based on the above case study, evaluate the effects of dumping on domestic business and also on the consumers

Your organization is seeing an increase in medication errors in a number of areas. You are being asked to make recommendations for processes/components to include in a house-wide medication safety plan. What would your recommendations include?

in laws and public affairs, what are some of the benefits of having administrative laws in a country

1. There are a considerable number of laws centered around labor relations and collective bargaining. Why do you think this area seems to have so many different laws compared to wages (FLSA) or safety (OSHA), for example?

2. Hawai`i has a large number of unionized employees compared to many other states. Why do you think Hawai`i has so many unions?

Workplace deviant behavior varies from negative to positive, whenever   employees   threaten   the   well-being   of   an   organization,   is considered as negative workplace deviance and when employees do some creative or innovative work it is considered as positive workplace deviance. Bennett   and   Robinson (2003) have defined workplace deviance as “purposeful behavior that violates organizational norms and is intended to harm the organization, its employees, or both”. Robbins and Judge (2007) have defined deviant workplace behavior as “voluntary behavior that violates significant organizational norms and, in doing so, threatens the well-being of the organization or its members”.

a-What can employers do to prevent employees from engaging in negative deviant behaviors?

b-Discuss the impact of positive deviant behaviors in organizations.

In this question you will discuss importance of appropriate allocation.

Numerous allocations are made within a business each day, some small and some large. Discuss an allocation decision in the business world that you have encountered and the results of the allocation, if you know them. If you do not have personal business experience with an allocation, research an allocation for a company and share the link and discuss the allocation.

in laws and public affairs, why is judicial review necessary? write in one double space page.

You do not need to get solution. Please indicate and explain all relevant information/assumptions explicitly.An international company aims to make the production, inventory and workforce plans for one of its production facilities. They obtained the following demand data for their system in a unit of tons during last 6 months. Month Demand Forecast Production Days 1 260 20 2 290 25 3 420 20 4 230 15 5 250 19 6 230 15 In their planning process, they will use three ahead moving average method (N=2) to predict the future demand data for next 6 months. There are currently 100 workers employed at the company. It is observed that, over a period of 30 working days, 20 workers produced 120 tons. The cost of hiring up to 25 workers is $750, and after 25 hires cost decreases to $600. Firing a worker costs $550. Inventory holding cost is $40 per ton per month. At the beginning of the planning period, the company has no materials in the stock. The company wants to have at least 100 ton in inventory at the end of 2nd month and plans to start 6th month with 150 tons in the stock. Some of the demand can also be allowed not to be satisfied for next 6 months. If company can not satisfy its customers, cost of this situation will be $45 per ton. a) Please write down an open - f orm mathematical model to get optimal solution for this problem.

in laws and public affairs, what are the major difference between the British legal system and that of the united states?