XYZ hotel uses approximately 200 towels daily. It operates 250 days a year. Assuming, lead time is normally distributed with a mean of 2 days and a standard deviation of 0.5 day. The management desires 90 percent service level. Annual carrying costs is $0.8 per towel, and ordering costs is $20. Given the production rate for the towel = 600 towels per day.

1. Determine the optimal order quantity?
2. Determine Safety Stock?
3. The sales people have recently told the top management that they could expect $200 improvement in profit if the service level were increased to 99%. Is it worthwhile for XYZ hotel to make this change?

Consider the following two products: ‘coffee’ sold in a café and ‘hotel accommodation’ in Sydney during the Olympic Games. Which product would have a higher price elasticity of supply in absolute value? Explain your answer including identifying the determinant of elasticity. (1 mark) – Word count 60

GIVE THE ANSWER WITH THE DETERMINENTS OF SUPPLY. SUCH AS

1.Length of time involved in production.

2.Availability of inputs.

3. Existing capacity.

4. Inventories held.

5. Type of industry.

ALSO INCLUDE WHAT KIND OF PRICE ELASTICITY OF SUPPLY IS COFFEE AND HOTEL ACCOMMODATION (INELASTIC/ELASTICS/PERFECT ELASTIC/PERFECT INELASTIC/UNIT ELASTIC ETC)

At year-end (December 31), Chan Company estimates its bad debts as 0.60% of its annual credit sales of $665,000. Chan records its Bad Debts Expense for that estimate. On the following February 1, Chan decides that the $333 account of P. Park is uncollectible and writes it off as a bad debt. On June 5, Park unexpectedly pays the amount previously written off.
Prepare Chan's journal entries for the transactions.

• Record the estimated bad debts expense.
• Wrote off P. Park's account as uncollectible.
• Reinstated Park's previously written off account.
• Record the cash received on account.

6 Food AND Beverage

As you learned in your Reading, procurement or purchasing is the precursor to the rest of the foodservice management system. In this Journal assignment, you will decide both a purchasing method and process based on your understanding of the readings. Read the scenario and address the checklist items in a thorough response. Scenario: You are the new Beverage Manager at a new large hotel that has banquets and has several restaurants. You are tasked with deciding on the purchasing method and process for purchasing all the alcoholic beverages at the hotel. Checklist: Identify and explain the purchasing method will you use and why. Provide the purchasing process will you use and explain why.

250 word minimum

Question B3

Recently the employees of Ming News Ltd received a letter from the director of operations, Alex, explaining that a new production plant would be built in the New Bay Area. The letter also stated that about 80% of the employees from the current office would be transferred to the new plant and if employees wanted to volunteer for the transfer, they could inform the human resource manager. Tom, a production trainee, first went to David, the production manager, who had already volunteered to transfer, to discuss with him the benefit and career opportunity at the new plant. David shared with Tom about Alex’s new model of operation in the new office. It will take care of employee satisfaction. The new plant will take care to ensure employees have the best conditions to perform, ranging from free snack bars, sports facilities, a medical clinic, and so on.

Which dimension of organisational culture is Ming News Ltd going to emphasise in the new plant?

Question B4

ABC is a large hotel group with four hotels in the city. Last month, there was an outbreak of a disease in one of the hotels. About ten guests were sick and sent to hospitals for treatment. Luckily, there was no fatal case. Later, it was confirmed that the cleaning work of that hotel had not been done well. The government also investigated the incident that happened in this hotel. The hotel had to close for three days for throughout cleaning work before it could re-open to receive new guests. The hotel appointed Susan Wong, the assistant executive manager, to follow up the case to resolve various problems. She first supervised the cleaning work. Also, she had to investigate the causes leading to the incident and found out who were responsible for such outbreak. Lastly, she would make recommendations to top management on how to avoid the occurrence of similar problem in future.

Based on the above case, identify the Mintzberg's specific managerial role (other than the monitor role) performed by Susan Wong in managing the incident in this hotel group.

Question B5

Google has made some tremendous efforts in going green by slashing their energy usage and supporting green energy projects. For instance, Google has constructed one of the world’s most energy efficient data centers and continuously campaigns for the need for energy conservation and the use of renewable energy sources as well as clean energy products. Google has supported and funded green energy projects by buying and installing numerous windmills and solar panels. It looks for a way to protect the earth’s natural resources.

Based on the above case, identify the approach that Google has applied when going green.(2marks)

Problem 13-59 (Static) Prepare Budgeted Financial Statements (LO 13-6, 7)

HomeSuites is a chain of all-suite, extended-stay hotel properties. The chain has 15 properties with an average of 200 rooms in each property. In year 1, the occupancy rate (the number of rooms filled divided by the number of rooms available) was 70 percent, based on a 365-day year. The average room rate was $180 for a night. The basic unit of operation is the “night,” which is one room occupied for one night.

The operating income for year 1 is as follows.

In year 1, the average fixed labor cost was $400,000 per property. The remaining labor cost was variable with respect to the number of nights. Food and beverage cost and miscellaneous cost are all variable with respect to the number of nights. Utilities and depreciation are fixed for each property. The remaining costs (management, marketing, and other costs) are fixed for the firm.

At the beginning of year 2, HomeSuites will open three new properties with no change in the average number of rooms per property. The occupancy rate is expected to remain at 70 percent. Management has made the following additional assumptions for year 2.

• The average room rate will increase by 5 percent.
• Food and beverage revenues per night are expected to decline by 20 percent with no change in the cost.
• The labor cost (both the fixed per property and variable portion) is not expected to change.
• The miscellaneous cost for the room is expected to increase by 25 percent, with no change in the miscellaneous revenues per room.
• Utilities and depreciation costs (per property) are forecast to remain unchanged.
• Management costs will increase by 8 percent, and marketing costs will increase by 10 percent.
• Other costs are not expected to change.

Required:

Prepare a budgeted income statement for year 2.

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

For example, electricity costs are $1,300 per month plus $0.10 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,200 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.80 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August appear below.

Lavage Rapide
Income Statement
For the Month Ended August 31
Actual cars washed 8,300

Revenue $ 57,860
Expenses:
Cleaning supplies 5,420
Electricity 2,090
Maintenance 1,470
Wages and salaries 7,320
Depreciation 8,200
Rent 2,000
Administrative expenses 1,746
Total expense 28,246
Net operating income $ 29,614

Required:

Calculate the company's revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

2. Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic car wash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

For example, electricity costs are $1,100 per month plus $0.08 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.40 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August appear below.

Lavage Rapide

Income Statement

For the Month Ended August 31

Actual cars washed 8,100

Revenue $53,300

Expenses:

Cleaning supplies 6,100

Electricity 1,710

Maintenance 2,240

Wages and salaries 7,560

Depreciation 8,300

Rent 2,200

Administrative expenses 1,620

Total expense 29,730

Net operating income $23,570

Required:

Prepare a flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s revenue and spending variances and activity variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic carwash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

For example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.70 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August appear below.

Required:

Complete the flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s activity variances and revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Lavage Rapide is a Canadian company that owns and operates a large automatic carwash facility near Montreal. The following table provides data concerning the company’s costs:

For example, electricity costs are $1,400 per month plus $0.07 per car washed. The company expects to wash 8,000 cars in August and to collect an average of $6.70 per car washed.

The actual operating results for August appear below.

Required:

Complete the flexible budget performance report that shows the company’s activity variances and revenue and spending variances for August. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

What kind of total cost increases when volume increases while per unit cost decreases as volume increases.

Mixed

Fixed

Variable

(a)   At what output level and at what price will the firm produce in the short run? What will be the total profit?

(b)   What will happen to demand, price, and profit in the long run?