Which one of the following statements is best? A. The level of safety stock maintained is greater if mean absolute deviation (MAD) is used rather than standard deviation in estimating forecast errors. B. When no safety stock is maintained, stockouts will occur during approximately 60% of the cycles. C. The level of safety stock maintained decreases when the standard deviation of demand during leadminustime increases. D. The level of safety stock maintained decreases when the desired cycleminusservice level decreases.

The revenues of a company increased by 39% in year one and decreased 22% in year two. what is the overall change over the two-year period?

Acompany determined that the budgeted cost of producing a product is $30 per unit. on june 1, there were 80,000 units on hand, the sales department budgeted sales of 300,000 units in june, and the company desires to have 120,000 units on hand on june 30. the budgeted cost of goods sold for june would be

Nellie lumpkin, who suffered from dementia, was admitted to the picayune convalescent center, a nursing home. because of her mental condition, her daughter, beverly mcdaniel, signed the admissions agreement. it included a clause requiring the par- ties to submit any dispute to arbitration. after lumpkin left the center two years later, she filed a suit against picayune to recover damages for mistreatment and malpractice. [covenant health & rehabilitation of picayune, lp v. lumpkin, 23 so.2d 1092 (miss. app. 2009)] (see page 91.) 1. is it ethical for this dispute—involving negligent medical care, not a breach of a commercial contract—to be forced into arbitration? why or why not? discuss whether medical facilities should be able to impose arbitration when there is generally no bargaining over such terms.