Wheat is harvested at farms in Nebraska and Colorado before being shipped to the three grain elevators in Kansas City, Omaha, and Des Moines. The amount of wheat harvested at each farm is 300 tons. The wheat is then shipped from grain elevators to the mills in Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincinnati. Each mill demands the following number of tons of wheat: Chicago - 200. St. Louis - 100, and Cincinnati - 300. The unit shipping cost (i. e., cost per ton) between points are given in the table below. The maximum capacities of the three grain elevators are: Kansas City - 160, Omaha - 185. Des Moines - 285.Create a model to determine the best shipment plan, which meets all requirements and minimizes the total shipment cost.

How does the economy of cuba differ from the economy of north korea? in north korea, the government’s control of the economy has begun to loosen. in cuba, the government maintains a tight hold over the economy. in cuba, the government’s control of the economy has begun to loosen. in north korea, the government maintains a tight hold over the economy. in north korea, there is economic uncertainty in exchange for individual choice. in cuba, there is economic security in exchange for government control. in cuba, there is economic uncertainty in exchange for individual choice. in north korea, there is economic security in exchange for government control.\

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 of the following is not a characteristic of enterprise applications that cause challenges in implementation? a. they introduce "switching costs," making the firm dependent on the vendor. b. they cause integration difficulties as every vendor uses different data and processes. c. they are complex and time consuming to implement. d. they support "best practices" for each business process and function. e. they require sweeping changes to business processes to work with the software.