Acompany wants to determine its reorder point (r). demand is variable and the company wants to build a safety stock into r. the company wants to have a service probability coverage of 95 percent. if average daily demand is 8, lead time is 3 days, and the standard deviation of usage during lead time is 2, which of the following is the desired value of r? a. about 17.9 b. about 19.7 c. about 24.0 d. about 27.3 e. about 31.2

Amanufacturer has paid an engineering firm $200,000 to design a new plant, and it will cost another $2 million to build the plant. in the meantime, however, the manufacturer has learned of a foreign company that offers to build an equivalent plant for $2,100,000. what should the manufacturer do?

Western electric has 32,000 shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $79 and a rate of return of 13.00 percent. the firm has 7,300 shares of 7.80 percent preferred stock outstanding at a price of $95.00 per share. the preferred stock has a par value of $100. the outstanding debt has a total face value of $404,000 and currently sells for 111 percent of face. the yield to maturity on the debt is 8.08 percent. what is the firm's weighted average cost of capital if the tax rate is 39 percent?

Using an organization with which you are familiar, identify its corporate culture and the elements of its observable culture. what do you think would need change in order to facilitate innovation? what role would organizational development play in overcoming resistance to change?