Sports Apparel (our newest division) makes Uniform shirts using a certain type of cotton. The demand for this cotton is approximately normal, averaging 20 rolls per week, with a standard deviation of 6 rolls per week. Cost per roll is $24; ordering costs are $25 per order; inventory handling cost is $4.00 per roll per year. Acquisition lead time is four weeks. The manufacturing operation works 50 weeks per year, 5-day weeks per week. a. What is the optimal size of an order, if minimization of inventory system cost is the objective? b. What is the safety stock level needed if the desired service level is 90%? c. What is the reorder point if the desired service level is 90%?

You are chairman of the board of a successful technology firm. there is a nominal federal corporate tax rate of 35 percent, yet the effective tax rate of the typical corporation is about 12.6%. your firm has been clever with use of transfer pricing and keeping money abroad and has barely paid any taxes over the last 5 years; during this same time period, profits were $28 billion. one member of the board feels that it is un-american to use various accounting strategies in order to avoid paying taxes. others feel that these are legal loopholes and corporations have a fiduciary responsibility to minimize taxes. one board member quoted what the ceo of exxon once said: “i’m not a u. s. company and i don’t make decisions based on what’s good for the u. s.” what are the alternatives? what are your recommendations? why do you recommend this course of action?

Which stage of group development involves members introducing themselves to each other?

Answer the following questions using the banker’s algorithm: a. illustrate that the system is in a safe state by demonstrating an order in which the processes may complete. b. if a request from process p1 arrives for (1, 1, 0, 0), can the request be granted immediately? c. if a request from process p