Taking a recent purchase as an example, write an essay to discuss the supply network of your product from raw material until it arrives to the consumer. You are required to cover the following points in your essay/presentation:

Company overview, product overview, major competitors.

Stages of the product supply chain or network design, location of raw material in relation to the manufacturer, distributor, retailer and consumer, etc.

The relationship between suppliers and customers (first tier, second tier, etc.., horizontal or vertical integration (if any), levels of inventory and where it’s held.

Explanation of any problems and suggestions for further improvements of the supply chain

Read the situation below and answer the questions given:

Dell is trying to promote its range of laptops to Ahmad. The main objective of Dell is to produce low price and profitable PCs for the customers. Dell products are so customisable, the price is largely dependent on the options and services added to the product. That means, the more features Ahmad wants for his laptop, the more he will have to pay.

Based on the marketing situation above, answer the following questions:

1. Is this company using Value-Based Pricing or Cost-Based Pricing? Explain how you made the distinction.

2. Describe the major differences between Value-Based Pricing and Cost-Based Pricing.

Suppose you are just starting your retirement savings at age 25, and plan to retire at age 70. Your goal is to save a million dollars in your IRA and you believe you can earn a 7% rate of return on your investment. How much must you contribute to your IRA each year to meet your goal?

Select one:

a. $22,222

b. $3,500

c. $619

d. $21,881

Example of a Long-Term Goal: Beginning January 2020, contribute $600 per month (2,000 per year) to my Roth IRA for 40 years earning a rate of 8% per year for an ending balance of $518,113 on December 31, 2060. (This example used a time value of money calculation of N = 40, PMT = 2000, I = 8%)

Based upon this example, create two other long term goals.

• Discuss the issue of physician shortage in America. Since half of all medical school first year students are women, how would that fact contribute further to a physician shortage in the future? How would a physician shortage be overcome in the health care delivery system? What is the impact or burden on current physician staffing levels given the estimated 30 million additional people being added to a government mandated insurance plan?

Time intervals measured with a stopwatch typically have an uncertainty of about 0.2 seconds due to human reaction time. How does this compare to the uncertainties of individual measurements above? Can human reaction time fully account for these uncertainties? If not, what other factors may contribute to the uncertainty of individual measurements (provide at least one)?

Also, What are the fundamental differences in the uncertainty of individual measurements vs uncertainty of mean of measurements

Give your opinion on the state of healthy weight and obesity in the US, and how this trend is leading towards increased health care costs. Discuss how Exercise Science professionals can contribute towards reversing. the obesity epidemic. Review the document located at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/databriefs/adultweight.pdf. Also review the Obesity prevalence maps at:https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html (right hand side of page).

Health savings accounts (HSAs) have the following characteristics, except:
A. They are available to workers covered by health insurance plans with high deductibles ($1000 or more) and do not have other first-dollar insurance coverage
B. Contributions to HSAs are tax-deductible
C. Unused funds in HSAs accumulate and remain available for later out-of-pocket medical expenses
D. Only workers can contribute to HSAs; employers cannot

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a) which ideas would MINIMIZE THE HARM to the American people? (the idea being that we do not want to hurt the millions of people who are barely making ends meet right now) b) which ideas are “big” ideas---in the sense that they would contribute “more” to deficit reduction, compared to other, competing ideas? Please include these “guiding principles” in your discussion, AND FEEL FREE TO INCLUDE OTHER PRINCIPLES AS WELL!