Your boss at Xiangling Hu Products, Inc., has just provided you with the schedule and lead times for the bracket in Problem 3. The unit is to be prepared in week 10. The lead times for the components are bracket (1 week), base (1 week), spring (1 week), clamp (1 week), housing (2 weeks), handle (1 week), casting (3 weeks), bearing (1 week), and shaft (1 week).

a) Prepare the time-phased product structure for the bracket.
b) In what week do you need to start the castings?

Tyler has coffee with one of his direct reports almost daily. he does this to inquire in an informal way about progress on the job, and to provide coaching and support, as well as appropriate congratulations for special efforts. tyler is exhibiting which type of managerial skill?

Which of the following statements about brand names is true? brand names give the seller an incentive to provide consistently high-quality products and services in order to protect the reputation of the brand. brand names are always economically wasteful since they dupe consumers into buying more expensive goods and services that are no different from generic versions. it is always rational to prefer brand names over generic substitutes. read the following example and determine whether it illustrates a common critique or defense of advertising. musashi sees a commercial for a brand x clothing company that depicts the wearers of the clothes out having a good time with friends. although he doesn't particularly need new clothes, the commercial prompts him to buy a brand x t-shirt.

Creation landscaping has 1,000 bonds outstanding that are selling for $1,280 each. the company also has 2,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding, currently priced at $27.20 a share. the common stock is priced at $37.00 a share and there are 28,000 shares outstanding. what is the weight of the debt as it relates to the firm's weighted average cost of capital?