These Questions is related to Returns in Supply Chains Management

(1) What do you understand by the term “Reverse Logistics”? Explain 2 ways in which the management of reverse logistics differ from that of traditional logistics in supply chains.

(2) Is reverse logistics beneficial? If you say no, explain why you think so. If you say, yes, explain why you think so.

(3) Explain how depletion of resources, quality issues, and e-commerce serve as key drivers for reverse logistics.

(4) Assume that you are the supply chain manager for a retail store. Clearly explain what you would do to minimize the negative impact of returns in your organization.

Explain formal and informal structures and decipher between traditional and non-traditional frameworks. Describe the characteristics that set functional, divisional, and matrix structures apart. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each design?

1) Select the lightest section to support a axial load (DL=700 kips y LL= 300 kips). The
element is braced, so LX= 22 ft and LY= 12 ft. The end support conditions are:
a) (Fixed/pinned) and it is specified to use A572 gr. 60. (verify slenderness and
local buckling)
b) (Fixed/Fixed) and you must use A-36

Suppose you are going to receive $9,000 per year for 6 years. The appropriate interest rate is 9 percent.

a. What is the present value of the payments if they are in the form of an ordinary annuity?

b. What is the present value if the payments are an annuity due?

c. Suppose you plan to invest the payments for 6 years, what is the future value if the payments are an ordinary annuity?

d. Suppose you plan to invest the payments for 6 years, what is the future value if the payments are an annuity due?

Imagine you are 30 years old in 2019, and would like to retire in 2049 (when you are 60 years old). On December 31st 2019, you invest $10,000 in an investment brokerage account. With the $10,000, you buy 2 mutual funds. $5000 is invested in a stock mutual fund that is expected to return 7% per year, and $5000 in a Bond mutual fund that is expected to return 4% per year. Every year on December 31st, you continue to add $5000 to the IRA, of which $4000 goes into the stock mutual fund and $1000 goes into the bond mutual fund.

a. Assuming you get the returns, anticipated, what will be the balance in the stock mutual fund on December 31st 2049 (in 30 years)? (5 pts)

b. Assuming you get the returns anticipated, what will be the balance in the bond mutual fund on December 31st 2049 (in 30 years)? (5 pts)

c. Given the above, what is the total balance in your account? Your goal is to accumulate $2 Million in this account by the time you retire. How much MORE will you need to contribute to the account (assume that the entire extra contribution will go into the stock mutual fund) each year to achieve this goal? (5 pts)

Suppose you have a system of two masses strung over a pulley. Mass 1 (6.7 kg) hangs on the right side of the pulley suspended over the ground at height 1.2 m. Mass 2 (2.5 kg) hangs over the left side of the pulley and rests on the ground. The pulley is a uniform disk of mass m and radius 11.3 cm. When the system is released, Mass 1 moves down and Mass 2 moves up, such that Mass 1 strikes the ground with speed 1.1 m/s. This is called an Atwood Machine. Calculate the mass of the pulley in kg.

Reflect on the idea of product. What is a product? When people buy products, what are they really buying?

how is AstraZeneca hoping to deal with the price level differences between developed and developing country markets?

RTF stock is expected to return 11 percent in a normal economy and lose 15 percent in recession. The probability of a recession is 33 percent while the probability of a booming economy is zero percent. What is the variance of the returns on RTF stock?

Recommend a specific employee training method that you think would be most effective for a healthcare organization, and determine one advantage and one disadvantage of your chosen training method. Provide support for your rationale.

problem 1. You notice that a string fixed at both ends produces standing waves at 440 Hz and 660 Hz, but not at any frequency in between.

a.What harmonics do these two frequencies correspond to?

b. What is the fundamental frequency?

problem 2. A bass clarinet can be modeled as a 120-cm-long tube closed at one end. A musician starts playing at room temperature (vsound = 343 m/s), but the temperature soon increases to where the speed of sound is 352 m/s. What is the change in the fundamental frequency?

problem 3. Three successive resonance frequencies in an organ pipe are 1310, 1834, and 2358 Hz. What is the length of the pipe?