At tom's automotive repair, the mechanics rarely interacted directly with customers. work orders were processed by the customer service department and passed on to the mechanics. after experiencing excessive customer complaints about the poor quality of work, tom realized he was not motivating his mechanics to do quality work. to rectify the situation, tom designated all of his employees as customer service representatives. the mechanics' roles were expanded to include direct customer contact. this motivational technique is called

Mr. beautiful, an organization that sells weight training sets, has an ordering cost of $40 for the bb-1 set. (bb-1 stands for body beautiful number 1.) the carrying cost for bb-1 is $5 per set per year. to meet demand, mr. beautiful orders large quantities of bb-1 seven times a year. the stockout cost for bb-1 is estimated to be $50 per set. over the past several years, mr. beautiful has observed the following demand during the lead time for bb-1: demand during lead time probability40 0.150 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.1total 1.0the reorder point for bb-1 is 60 sets. what level of safety stock should be maintained for bb-1?

Mr. pines is considering buying a house and renting it to students. the yearly operating costs are $1,900. the house can be sold for $175,000 at the end of 10 years and it is considered 18% to be a suitable annual effective interest rate. if the house costs $100,000 to purchase, how much would you need to charge your tenants each year in rent? (assume a single payment for the years rent at the end of each year)

Which of the following conditions might result in the best financial decisions? a. agreeableness b. openness c. conscientiousness d. extraversion