The company wants to maintain monthly ending inventories of Material K equal to 20% of the following month's production needs. On July 31, this requirement was not met since only 2,500 yards of Material K were on hand. The cost of Material K is $0.85 per yard. The company wants to prepare a Direct Materials Purchase Budget for the rest of the year. The total needs (i. e., production requirements plus desired ending inventory) of Material K for November are:

Dan wants to start a supermarket in his hometown, and wants to get into the business only after finding out about the market and how successful his business might be. the best way for dan to gain knowledge is to:

Match the different financial tasks to their corresponding financial life cycle phases wealth protection, wealth accumulation and wealth distribution

Four key marketing decision variables are price (p), advertising (a), transportation (t), and product quality (q). consumer demand (d) is influenced by these variables. the simplest model for describing demand in terms of these variables is: d = k – pp + aa + tt + qq where k, p, a, t, and q are constants. discuss the assumptions of this model. specifically, how does each variable affect demand? how do the variables influence each other? what limitations might this model have? how can it be improved?