The wetski water ski company is the world's largest producer of water skis. as you might suspect, water skis exhibit a highly seasonal demand pattern, with peaks during the summer months and valleys during the winter months. given the following costs and quarterly sales forecasts, use the transportation method to design an optimum production plan. inventory carrying cost = $3 per pair of skis per quarter; production per employee = 1000 pairs of skis per quarter; beginning workforce = 50 workers; overtime capacity = 50,000 pairs of skis; subcontracting capacity = 40,000 pairs of skis; cost of regular production = $50 per pair of skis; cost of overtime production = $75 per pair of skis; cost of subcontracting production = $85 per pair of skis; demand in qtr 1 = 50,000; demand in qtr 2 = 150,000; demand in qtr 3 = 200,000; demand in qtr 4 = 52,000. what is the cost of the optimum production plan?

Maia wants to have a career in quality assurance. which best lists the qualifications she may need to succeed in this career? a. knowledge of cad, mechanical and electrical knowledge, and logic b. ability to use lab equipment, operate computers, and examine evidence c. financial skills, dependability, and dexterity for physical labor d. math skills, physical strength, and ability to use tools and machinery

The market price of cheeseburgers in a college town increased recently, and the students in an economics class are debating the cause of the price increase. some students suggest that the price increased because the price of beef, an important ingredient for making cheeseburgers, has increased. other students attribute the increase in the price of cheeseburgers to a recent increase in college student enrollment.1. the first group of students thinks the increase in the price of cheeseburgers is due to the fact that the price of beef, an important ingredient for making cheeseburgers, has increased. (what happened to demand and supply, shift to the right or left)2. the second group of students attributes the increase in the price of cheeseburgers to the increase in college student enrollment. (what happens to demand and supply, shift to the right or left)3. suppose that both of the events you analyzed above are partly responsible for the increase in the price of cheeseburgers. based on your analysis of the explanations offered by the two groups of students, how would you figure out which of the possible causes was the dominant cause of the increase in the price of cheeseburgers? (choose a, b, c, or d)a)if the price increase was small, then the supply shift in the market for cheeseburgers must have been larger than the demand shift. b)if the equilibrium quantity of cheeseburgers decreases, then the demand shift in the market for cheeseburgers must have been larger than the supply shift. c)if the equilibrium quantity of cheeseburgers decreases, then the supply shift in the market for cheeseburgers must have been larger than the demand shift. d)whichever change occurred first must have been the primary cause of the change in the price of cheeseburgers.

Afirm plans to begin production of a new small appliance. the manager must decide whether to purchase the motors for the appliance from a vendor at $10 each or to produce them in-house. either of two processes could be used for in-house production; process a would have an annual fixed cost of $200,000 and a variable cost of $7 per unit, and process b would have an annual fixed cost of $175,000 and a variable cost of $8 per unit. determine the range of annual volume for which each of the alternatives would be best. (round your first answer to the nearest whole number. include the indifference value itself in this answer.)