In: Finance
1. Discuss the effect of Eli Whitney's cotton gin on the growth of "Cotton is King" mentality in the southern states. What effect did the cotton gin have on slavery?
2. What was the significance of Samuel Morse's telegraph? This significance would be both economic, social, and also could be a movement toward "binding the nation as one?'
3.One outcome of the 2nd war with Britain, the "War of 1812," was a rise in patriotism in the U.S.A. Discuss this outcome, including the adoption of a "National Anthem."
4.Throughout the USA east of the Mississippi River a network of roads, canals, and natural rivers created an internal ability to move goods from place to place, to markets within the USA, and to port cities...especially to New Orleans. How did this internal network influence growth and development in the USA.
5.The population began to change. Discuss the role of immigrants in the first half of the 19th Century. Which religious tradition did these people bring with them in most cases? What were attitudes of USA people "already in the country" towards the newcomers?
In: Economics
ABC Company is evaluating whether to invest in two projects. ABC Co. has the funds to invest in both. The first project is a $250,000 investment in pollution abatement equipment. The cash savings from implementing this equipment will be $24,000 per year for 25 years. The second project is a robot that will stack the finished goods product on pallets for shipment. Currently, the product is being stacked manually. The robot will cost $1,000,000. The cash inflows for project 2 are Tear 1: $230,000; Year 2: $180,000; Year 3: $150,000; and Years 4-10: $100,000. Evaluate the investments using each of the capital budgeting methods (IRR, NPV and the Payback Period). The cost of capital for ABC Co. is 8%. Discuss your findings and recommendations. Consider some of the following in your review:
In: Finance
Which three factors most directly affect the demand for a country’s currency on the international currency market?
1. Central Bank actions to increase or decrease the money supply
2. the demand for the country's goods and services
3. the exchange rate with other currencies
4. strong economic growth
5. the demand for financial assets from that country
In: Economics
Explain direct goods and indirect goods from B2B perspective. Write four examples for direct goods and indirect goods of a company you choose (Two examples for direct goods and two examples for indirect goods)
In: Operations Management
Analyse the effectiveness of fiscal and monetary policies employed to fight against the economic slow-down in the March quarter of 2020 and June quarter of 2020; and how they influenced Australia’s economic growth.
In: Economics
Having difficulty in following all of this, managerial accounting is a new subject to me so hopefully this make sense so I can better understand it, thank you for the help.
The following events took place for Digital Vibe Manufacturing Company during March, the first month of its operations as a producer of digital video monitors:
| a. Purchased $136,600 of materials. | |
| b. Used $94,840 of direct materials in production. | |
| c. Incurred $183,840 of direct labor wages. | |
| d. Incurred $211,760 of factory overhead. | |
| e. Transferred $427,460 of work in process to finished goods. | |
| f. Sold goods for $666,000. | |
| g. Sold goods with a cost of $367,750. | |
| h. Incurred $84,980 of selling expense. | |
| i. Incurred $70,500 of administrative expense. |
| Required: | |||||
Using the information given, complete the following:
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In: Accounting
Consider the quarterly demand of 3500, 2600, 5500, 4400, for quarters 1,2,3,4, respectively, with a beginning annual inventory of 500 and an ending annual inventory of 500. Let the production standard be 250 items/quarter. Let the carrying cost be $5/item/quarter.
Question 1. For the aggregate planning strategies listed,
what are the correct production for quarter 1 and the annual average inventory?
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Select One Answer |
Aggregate Planning Strategy |
Production for Quarter 1 |
Average Annual Inventory |
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A |
Chase Demand |
4000 |
1200 |
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B |
Level Capacity |
3500 |
500 |
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C |
Chase Demand |
3750 |
850 |
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D |
Level Capacity |
4000 |
1200 |
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E |
None of the above |
In: Operations Management
The following are the data regarding quarterly sales:
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Quarters |
Sales |
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1 |
500 |
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2 |
350 |
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3 |
250 |
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4 |
400 |
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5 |
450 |
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6 |
350 |
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7 |
200 |
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8 |
300 |
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9 |
350 |
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10 |
200 |
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11 |
150 |
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12 |
400 |
Evaluate this forecasting method using MAD.
Evaluate this forecasting method using MSE.
Evaluate this forecasting method using MAPE.
Evaluate this forecasting method using MPE.
In: Operations Management
Consider the following time series data.
| Quarter | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
| 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| (b) | Use a multiple regression model with dummy variables as follows to develop an equation to account for seasonal effects in the data. Qtr1 = 1 if Quarter 1, 0 otherwise; Qtr2 = 1 if Quarter 2, 0 otherwise; Qtr3 = 1 if Quarter 3, 0 otherwise. | |||||||||||||||
| If required, round your answers to three decimal places. For subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign even if there is a + sign before the blank. (Example: -300) If the constant is "1" it must be entered in the box. Do not round intermediate calculation. | ||||||||||||||||
| ŷ = + Qtr1 + Qtr2 + Qtr3 | ||||||||||||||||
| (c) | Compute the quarterly forecasts for next year based on the model you developed in part (b). | |||||||||||||||
| If required, round your answers to three decimal places. Do not round intermediate calculation. | ||||||||||||||||
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| (d) | Use a multiple regression model to develop an equation to account for trend and seasonal effects in the data. Use the dummy variables you developed in part (b) to capture seasonal effects and create a variable t such that t = 1 for Quarter 1 in Year 1, t = 2 for Quarter 2 in Year 1,… t = 12 for Quarter 4 in Year 3. | |||||||||||||||
| If required, round your answers to three decimal places. For subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign even if there is a + sign before the blank. (Example: -300) | ||||||||||||||||
| ŷ = + Qtr1 + Qtr2 + Qtr3 + t |
In: Statistics and Probability