As a manager, you meet with each of your team members quarterly to review their progress toward their written and agreed-upon goals. one of your employees, claire, had a goal of increasing sales in her territory by 10% in the first quarter of the year. however, when you review claire’s sales numbers, you see that her sales have actually gone down. you know that claire is a hard worker and has an excellent relationship with her customers. when you sit down to discuss claire’s performance, she explains what is happening in her territory. a major automobile manufacturer, which once provided 25,000 jobs, has moved its operations to mexico and laid off all 25,000 of its workers. as a result, the economy in claire’s region has become quite depressed, and the residents are living off their savings. taking the steps of the planning/control cycle into account, what is your best course of action with claire?

Cadbury has a chocolate factory in dunedin, new zealand. for easter, it makes two kinds of “easter eggs”: milk chocolate and dark chocolate. it cycles between producing milk and dark chocolate eggs. the table below provides data on these two products. demand (lbs per hour) milk: 500 dark: 200 switchover time (minutes) milk: 60 dark: 30 production rate per hour milk: 800 dark: 800 for example, it takes 30 minutes to switch production from milk to dark chocolate. demand for milk chocolate is higher (500lbs per hour versus 200 lbs per hour), but the line produces them at the same rate (when operating): 800 lbs per hour. a : suppose cadbury produces 2,334lbs milk chocolate and 1,652 lbs of dark chocolate in each cycle. what would be the maximum inventory (lbs) of milk chocolate? b : how many lbs of milk and dark chocolate should be produced with each cycle so as to satisfy demand while minimizing inventory?

Edna gomez is the founder of the restaurant chain good and green. she ensures that the products in her stores are ethically and responsibly sourced. most products are therefore 100 percent organic and all packaging is manufactured from recycled material. also, her company sources ingredients from farms within 100 miles from her locations. edna's belief is that her restaurants should be able to support the community at large. which of the following terms best describes edna gomez? a. headhunter b. category captain c. social entrepreneur d. trade creditor

Southeastern oklahoma state university's business program has the facilities and faculty to handle an enrollment of 2,000 new students per semester. however, in an effort to limit class sizes to a "reasonable" level (under 200 generally), southeastern's dean, holly lutze, placed a ceiling on enrollment of 1,600 new students. although there was ample demand for business courses last semester, conflicting schedules allowed only 1,440 new students to take business courses. the utilization rate for southeastern=%the efficiency rate for southeastern=%