orgs midterm

Kraft Bakeries introduced in 2019 a new line of frozen apple pie. For 2019, sales by quarter were asfollows: 11,000 units, 16,000 units, 15,000 units, and 20,000 units. Because of aggressive marketing and promotion, the company expects that sales for each quarter of 2020 will be 25% higher thanthe respective quarter in 2019. The selling price per unit in 2020 is expected to be $4. What are theexpected sales, in units and dollars, for the second quarter of 2020? For the third quarter of 2020?

Mt. Kinley is a strategy consulting firm that divides its consultants intothree classes: associates, managers, and partners. The firm has been stable in size for the last 20years, ignoring growth opportunities in the 90s, but also not suffering from a need to downsize inthe recession at the beginning of the 21st century. Specifically, there have been—and areexpected to be—200 associates, 60 managers, and 20 partners.The work environment at Mt. Kinley is rather competitive. After four years of working as anassociate, a consultant goes “either up or out”; that is, becomes a manager or is dismissed fromthe company. Similarly, after six years, a manager either becomes a partner or is dismissed. Thecompany recruits MBAs as associate consultants; no hires are made at the manager or partnerlevel. A partner stays with the company for another 10 years (a total of 20 years with thecompany).A. How many new MBA graduates does Mt. Kinley have to hire every year?B. What are the odds that a new hire…

Work to be done in EXcel with formulas A manufacturer must decide whether to build a small or a large plant at a new location. Demand at the location can be either low or high, with probabilities estimated to be 0.4 and 0.6, respectively. If a small plant is built, and demand is high, the production manager may choose to maintain the current size or to expand. The net present value of profits is $223,000 if the firm chooses not to expand. However, if the firm chooses to expand, there is a 50% chance that the net present value of the returns will be 330,000 and a 50% chance the estimated net present value of profits will be $210,000. If a small facility is built and demand is low, there is no reason to expand and the net present value of the profits is $200,000. However, if a large facility is built and the demand turns out to be low, the choice is to do nothing with a net present value of $40,000 or to stimulate demand through local advertising. The response to advertising can be…

A manager has 5 subordinates and 5 tasks in his department. Each subordinate differs in efficiency. His estimate the task each would do cost given in the following table. By applying the assignment method, how the task should be allocated to his people so the total cost of his department is minimum? And how much? Cost (in thousand USD$) Task 1 2 3 4 5 Subordinate A 9 10 11 8 8 B 9 8 9 9 8 C 9 9 8 8 8 D 9 8 8 8 9 E 9 8 8 9 8

14. Stephanie, the supply chain analyst of Nestle is asked to present an expansion plan for thecompany. The plan is either to construct a plant, open a distribution center, or do nothing. Fromthe plant construction, the company will gain 80,000Php if the market turns favorable, loss of10,000 if average, and loss of 50,000 if unfavorable. From opening a distribution center, thecompany will gain 40,000Php if favorable, gain 20,000Php if average, and loss of 30,000Php ifunfavorable. And if the decision is do nothing, the company will gain nothing regardless of themarket turnout. Then, he was able to determine further the probability of occurrence of eachtype of market. The probability of occurrence is 60%, 25%, and 40%, respectively. He also foundout that he can buy the information on what will really happen to the market for 2,000Php.a. What should be the analyst’s decision?b. How much gain or loss will he expect for the company?c. Should he buy the perfect information? Why or why not?d.…

Scenario – 3 In Criminal Management System there are different Prisons across country wheredifferent criminals across country are kept. There are multiple cells within prisons; eachcell can hold multiple prisoners. Each prisoner can get one or more plenty dependingupon nature of crime. Each Prison has Administrator which manage the Prisoners. EachCriminal is supposed to do Social work during his imprisonment and this social work ispart of its plenty. Beside administrator there are different employees which are alsopart of prisoner. Task to do: i. Identify Entities with atleast 10 attributes per Entities.ii. Identify all relationship from the given Scenarioiii. Generate Entity Relationship Diagram

Jingle Motors has been experiencing increasing competition from its rivals in the recentyears. This has resulted in declining sales and profits for the company in the last two years. Inaround to turnaround the company, Mr. Kumar has been appointed as the new CEO of JingleMotors. Mr. Kumar has the task of implementing multi-dimensional changes so as to increaseits competitive advantage. Mr. Kumar has decided upon two main changes in order toovercome this challenge. First, he plans to restructure the company from a multi-divisionalstructure to one in which cross-functional teams will be responsible for developing new carmodels. Second, he wants to decentralize decision making authority to teams and make themresponsible for achieving higher quality and lower costs.a. Discuss the nature of obstacles that Mr. Kumar is likely to encounter in implementingthe changes. Which of these is most important to overcome?b. How can Mr. Kumar overcome these obstacles?

St. Clair's pre-school creates a budget based on 6 classrooms with an average class size of 15 students each. There are no per student variable costs as most costs are spread across all students in a classroom (for example, the teacher). The Head Teacher set the tuition at $590 per month for 8 months. For the first semester (Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec), the school had 14 students per class, but they added 12 new students to the school in for the second semester thanks to a special promotional plan. St. Clair's had budgeted $2000 for marketing, all of which historically was spent prior to the start of the school year, and this year they actually spent $1,300 in June. In November, however, when they decided to run the special promotion of 1 free month of tuition for January enrollment for the 2nd 4 month semester (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr). In addition, they spent another $1500 for advertising this promotion. What was St. Clair's actual volume in months of student tuition if the free month is…

Ms. Basma is appointed as a management accountant of Oman Sugars LLC, As a management accountant she has to take steps for preparing budget for the next year. While preparing budgets for various departments like production , sales , purchases , etc. Analyse the role Ms.Basma has to play in this situation ? a . None of these b . Controlling c . Coordination d . Planning

Jaronda is a member of a dance team. As a fundraiser, she and the other members of the team decide that she will use the team's money to buy flowers in bulk, sell the flowers individually to students with her school's permission, and return the team's money plus any profits she makes, What is the MOST accurate name for aronda's role? O A. project manager © B. network facilitator O C data manager O D. systems operator

With the rise of e-commerce and m-commerce, this conflict is likely to continue, as more and more companies are finding ways of making their products accessible online and on mobile apps. How insurance companies can manage this conflict? What startegies they should have, except One strategy to manage this conflict is to follow in Allstate’s footsteps by pairing local agents with each online transaction (Stackpole, 2001). Even if the agent’s interaction in the process is minimal, they are still afforded the commission (Stackpole, 2001). This strategy is a win-win situation:  customers have the option of purchasing insurance online and enjoying the ease with which that can occur while insurance agents will still receive their commission. Another strategy to manage this conflict could be to use exclusive offerings. Kawasaki chose to sell only accessories on its website, so as not to impede business at its retailers (Stackpole, 2001). Insurance companies could employ a similar strategy by…

The Organization of Outback Steakhouse Chris T. Sullivan, Bob Basham, Trudy Cooper, and Tim Gannon—co-founders of the Outback Steakhouse concept—began their restaurant careers as a busser, dishwasher, server, and chef’s assistant, respectively. So how did they manage to build one of the all-time most successful restaurant concepts? Their careers may have had humble beginnings, but they had the money to excel. Sullivan and Basham met at Bennigan’s. They honed their management skills under the mentorship of industry legend Norman Brinker, who later financed Sullivan and Basham’s franchised chain of Chili’s restaurants in Georgia and Florida. They later sold the Chili’s restaurants back to Brinker for $3 million. This seed money allowed them to develop a restaurant concept with which they had been toying. The concept was for a casual-themed steakhouse. Because the partners did not want to do a Western theme (it had already been done by others) and because at the time there was a lot of…

Mo5. 1. Using the previous case: It would be necessary to make a production capacity restriction if, for example, five hours are required to produce each unit and only 40 hours per week are available.   a.A+B   b.5X(560)   c. 5x ≤ 40   d. 5x=Z   2. Linear programming is a method:   a. A formula for obtaining a program.   b. To use design software.   c. A tool of excel.   d. Is a troubleshooting method developed to help managers to make decisions.   3. Quantitative analysis is a tool that is used:   a. Calculate the distance between 2 points   b. To the decision-making process at the managerial level.   c. Model for calculating formulas for excel   d. System for designing cars.   4. The probability is   a. Get the reality.   b. Analyzes the uncertainties associated with past events   c. Analyzes the uncertainties associated with future events   d. Make the analysis for the moment.

Construction Management: The daily manpower required for a hotel Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 SundayMinimum required number of people 19 12 10 10 18 38 28 According to the policyEach employee [must take 2 consecutive days off and work for 5 consecutive days] For every regular employee hired, the weekly salary is 6000. You help the company plan:(A) At least how many people need to be employed? weekly fee?(B) How will each employee be given time off? Continuing from the previous question, you want to hire temporary staff to reduce costs and support peak manpower demandFor every regular employee hired, the weekly salary is 6000.The salary of each temporary staff is 2600 yuan per day. You help the company plan:(A) Complete Design and Employment Plan(B) And arrange vacations for each regular employee?

Your hospital has built a new freestanding facility that includes a 36-bed medical telemetry care unit. The patients and staff from the existing smaller units will be combine into the new unit. The current budget for each of these units is:  unit a- average daily census 11.9  unit b- average daily census 22.0 unit a- acuity 1.6 unit b- acuity 1.85 unit a- workload 3.8 unit b-workload 3.6 unit a- productivity % 19.0 unit b- productivity % 16.5 the budgets of the two units will be combine with no changes. Calculate the budget for the new unit including the ADC, acuity, workload, hours per patient day (HPPD), shifts/24 hours, productivity factor and variable direct care full time equivalents.

31 please help me please!A company has a factory that is designed so that it is most efficient (average unit cost is minimized) when producing 19,200 units output each month. However, it has an absolute maximum output capability of 23,000 units per month, and can produce as little 7,000 units per month without corporate headquarters shifting production to another plant. If the factory produces 13,280 units ir October, what is the capacity utilization rate in October for this factory? Note: Round your answer to 1 decimal place.

operations research 2 -  goal programming ps: cant seem to get how to solve this problem, i appreciate the help on this, really would help me! thanks! Minimize Z = P1d1+ + P2d2- + P3(d3+ + d3-) Subject to: 4X1 + 5X2 + d1- - d1+ = 8 Constraint 1 3X1 + 2X2 + d2- - d2+ = 10 Constraint 2 10X1 + X2 + d3- - d3+ = 20 Constraint 3 a) How many solutions can you get in Goal1?  b) How many solutions can you get in Goal 2?  c) What is the satisficing solution? ( 2 possible solutions ) d) Is Goal 1 achieved? e) Is Goal 2 achieved?  f) Is Goal 3 achieved? g) What is the Z value?

b. Based on this extrapolation, when would Amazon be predicted to equal Walmart in revenue?c. Why has Amazon been growing faster than Walmart? Is the slow growth of Walmart related to the rapid growth of Amazon?

b. Based on this extrapolation, when would Amazon be predicted to equal Walmart in revenue? c. Why has Amazon been growing faster than Walmart? Is the slow growth of Walmart related to  the rapid growth of Amazon?

Carlos Cavalas, the manager of Echo Products’ Brazilian Division, is trying to set the production schedule for the last quarter of the year. The Brazilian Division had planned to sell 70,070 units during the year, but by September 30 only the following activity had been reported:     Units Inventory, January 1 0 Production 71,100 Sales 63,700 Inventory, September 30 7,400   The division can rent warehouse space to store up to 30,500 units. The minimum inventory level that the division should carry is 2,800 units. Mr. Cavalas is aware that production must be at least 4,440 units per quarter in order to retain a nucleus of key employees. Maximum production capacity is 44,200 units per quarter.   Demand has been soft, and the sales forecast for the last quarter is only 19,500 units. Due to the nature of the division’s operations, fixed manufacturing overhead is a major element of product cost.   Required: 1a. Assume that the division is using variable costing. How many…

Dr. David Paul is a medical doctor at a small private hospital in XYZ city. He sits on the Board of Directors of the Hospital. He is also head of the Neurology Department.The hospital is undercapitalized, and they are having a board meeting to approve the budget. He requires a new MRI machine. However, the cost of the machine will impact the budget and ultimate profit of the hospital.   Explain in no more than 250 words, the potential conflict of interest at the board meeting.

9-33. Bechtold Construction is in the process of installingpower lines to a large housing development. SteveBechtold wants to minimize the total length of wireused, which will minimize his costs. The housingdevelopment is shown as a network on this page.Each house has been numbered, and the distancesbetween houses are given in hundreds of feet. Whatdo you recommend?

At the end of Avondale Industries’ fiscal year, the training and development office reviewed its budget and found that, due to the cancellation of two training programs, there were still funds left to spend. With just two weeks in which to spend the money, the training director put together a program to train employees who were transferring from the avionics division to the new adhesives and sealants division. The training was held but there was not enough time to consult with managers in the adhesives and sealants division to set learning objectives for the skills needed in the new division. A month later, the training director was asked to provide another training as the employees did not have the knowledge, skills, and abilities for their new jobs. Why is it important that a thorough analysis of training needs be conducted prior to holding a training program?     Understanding the needs of the new division will help supervisors identify which employees need the training the most.…

10.6 This optional problem requires knowledge of statistics. Heywood Home Healthcare is evaluating a project with the following net cash flows and probabilities:   Time 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Prob = 0.2 ($100,000) 20,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 30,000 Prob = 0.6 ($100,000) 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 40,000 Prob = 0.2 ($100,000) 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 50,000   The year 5 values include salvage value. Heywood’s corporate cost of capital is 10 percent. What is the project’s expected NPV on the basis of the scenario analysis? What is the project’s standard deviation of NPV? Assume that Heywood’s managers judge the project to have lower-than-average risk. Furthermore, the company’s policy is to adjust the corporate cost of capital up or down by 3 percentage points to account for differential risk. Is the project financially attractive?

Tree Trimming ProjectWil Fence is a large timber and Christmas tree farmer who is attending a project man-agement class in the spring, his off season. When the class topic came to earned value, he was perplexed. Isn’t he using EV? Each summer Wil hires crews to shear fields of Christmas trees for the coming Holiday season. Shearing entails having a worker use a large machete to shear the branches of the tree into a nice, cone-shaped tree. Wil describes his business as follows:A. I count the number of Douglas Fir Christmas trees in the field (24,000).B. Next, I agree on a contract lump sum for shearing with a crew boss for the whole field ($30,000).C. When partial payment for work completed arrives (5 days later), I count or estimate the actual number sheared (6,000 trees). I take the actual as a percent of the total to be sheared, multiply the percent complete by total contract amount for the partial payment [(6,000/$30,000 = 25%), (.25 × $30,000 = $7500)].1. Is Wil over, on, or below…

The average time that Italy commute to work is 23.15 minutes (Best 4 Tourist Places, June 15, 2020). The average commute times in minutes for 18 cities are given in Table 3.1.   Table 3.1 City Time (minutes) Rome 24.9 Milan 26.8 Naples 26.2 Turin 28.1 Palermo 31.7 Genoa 25.8 Bologna 23.3 Florence 32.1 Bari 28.5 Catania 24.4 Verona 29.3 Venice 24.8 Messina 38.1 Padua 28.3 Trieste 28.4 Taranto 24.6 Prato 20.1 Modena 23.4   a)      What is the mean commute time for these 18 cities?   b)      What is the median commute time for these 18 cities?   c)      What is the mode for these 18 cities?   d)      What is the variance and standard deviation of commute times for these 18 cities?   e)      Find the z – score value of commute time for these 18 cities.   f)       Find 28th and 77th Percentile of commute times for these 18 cities.

A regional conglomerate is about to upgrade its customised accounting software System 2000(S2K)across the region. The directors of the group are eager to have the software upgraded to improve thequality of data from the information system. The new software requires reliable internet access andcan be accessed from anywhere using a Virtual Private network (VPN) connection. The followingactivities with times in weeks are under consideration.Activity ImmediatepredecessorsOptimistictimeMost likelytimeMostpessimistictimeVarianceA - 4 6 8 .4444B - 1 4.5 5 .4444C A 4.5 6.5 7 .1736D A 4 5 6 .1111E B,C 4.5 5.5 8 .3403F D 3 4 5 .1111G E,F 1 1.5 5 .4444H F,G 5 6 7 .1111You must use two decimal places at all times for expected times when they are not integer (you arenot permitted to round off to integers).(a) Draw the activity network for this problem (b) Determine the Expected Times. (c) Determine the activity schedule (ES, EF, LS, and LF) as well as slack.(d) Determine and state the critical path…

Hi I need help with an Operations Management problem. The image is attached. I am trying to write the constraints but unsure if I am getting them correctly. Objective function: min x1+x2+x3+x4+x5+x6+x7+x8+x9+x10+x11+x12+x13+x14 Example: x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 ≥ 1 (Budapest) x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 ≥ 1 (Zagreb) x1 + x2 + x3 ≥ 1(Prague) and so on...am I on the right track?

Climate Control, Inc., makes expedition-quality rain gearfor outdoor enthusiasts. Management prepared a forecast ofsales (in suits) for next year and now must prepare a produc-tion plan. The company has traditionally maintained a levelworkforce strategy. All nine workers are treated like familyand have been employed by the company for a number ofyears. Each employee can produce 2,000 suits per month.At present, finished goods inventory holds 24,000 suits. Thedemand forecast follows: Use the Sales and Operations Planning with SpreadsheetsSolver in OM Explorer or develop your own spreadsheetmodels to address the following questions. a. Management is willing to authorize overtime in pe-riods for which regular production and current lev-els of anticipation inventory do not satisfy demand.However, overtime must be strictly limited to no morethan 20 percent of regular-time capacity. Managementwants to avoid stockouts and backorders and is notwilling to accept a plan that calls for shortages.…