University of Florida football programs are printed 1 week prior to each home game. Attendance averages 60,000 screaming and loyal Gators fans, of whom two-thirds usually buy the program, following a normal distribution, for $4 each. Unsold programs are sent to a recycling center that pays only 10 cents per program. The standard deviation is 5,000 programs, and the cost to print each program is $2. Refer to the standard normal table for z values.

(a) What is the cost of underestimating demand for each program?
(b) What is the overage cost per program?
(c) How many programs should be ordered per game?
(d) What is the stockout risk for this order size?

Consider the assembly line of a laptop computer. The line consists of 10 stations and operates at a cycle time of 2 minutes/unit. Their most error-prone operation is step 2. There is no inventory between the stations because this is a machine-paced line. Final inspection happens at station 10. What would be the information turnaround time for a defect made at station 2?

1. Go to the Profit & Loss worksheet. Elena has entered most of the income and expense data on the worksheet. She estimates revenue will be $825,000 in Year 1 and $1,400,000 in Year 5 of the shuttle service. She needs to calculate revenue for Years 2–4. Revenue should increase at a constant amount from year to year. Project the revenue for Years 2–4 (cells C7:E7) using a Linear Trend interpolation.
2. Elena also needs to calculate expenses for payroll and rent for Years 2–5. She knows the starting amount for each expense, and estimates the rent in Year 5 will be $64,000. She expects the payroll expenses to increase by at least 6 percent per year and the rent to increase by a constant rate. Project the expenses for Payroll in Years 2–5 (cells C13:F13) using a Growth Trend extrapolation. Use 1.06 (a 6 percent increase) as the step value. Project the expenses for Rent in Years 2–4 (cells C14:E14) using a Growth Trend interpolation.

Barbara Flynn is in charge of maintaining hospital supplies at General Hospital. During the past year, the mean lead time demand for bandage BX-5 was 65. Furthermore, the standard deviation for BX-5 was 7. Ms. Flynn would like to maintain a 95% service level. z=1.65

a) What safety stock level do you recommend for BX-5?

Safety Stock=___ units

b) What is the appropiate reorder point?

Reorder point = ___units

The table below provides the time stamps for the 8 people who called a reservation desk for a ferry service between 8:00 am and 8:20 am. Based on the data in the table, what is the flow rate of callers?

Which of the following statements regarding "Six Sigma" is TRUE?

A firm practices the pure chase strategy. Production last quarter was 1000. Demand over the next four quarters is estimated to be 900, 700, 1000, and 1000. Hiring cost is $20 per unit, and firing cost is $5 per unit. Over the next year, the sum of hiring and layoff costs will be

LaVilla is a village in the Italian Alps. Given its enormous popularity among Swiss, German, Austrian, and Italian skiers, all of its beds are always booked in the winter season and there are, on average, 1,200 skiers in the village. On average, skiers stay in LaVilla for 10 days.

A. How many new skiers are arriving – on average – in LaVilla every day?

B. A study done by the largest hotel in the village has shown that skiers spend on average $50 per person on the first day and $30 per person on each additional day in local restaurants. The study also forecasts that – due to increased hotel prices – the average length of stay for the 2014/2015 season will be reduced to five days. What will be the percentage change in revenues of local restaurants compared to last year (when skiers still stayed for 10 days)? Assume that hotels continue to be fully booked!