Problems From Chapter 2 2.12 a) and b) Forecast (86 + 75)/2 (75 + 72)/2 etc = = 80.5 73.5 77.5 107.5 98.5 87.5 100.0 78.5 79.5 95.0 = = Period 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 21.6 717.5 Actual 72 83 132 65 110 90 67 92 98 73 et +8.5 -9.5 -54.5 42.5 -11.5 -2.5 +33.0 -13.5 -18.5 +22.0 c) MAD MSE = = (216)/10 (7175)/10 MAPE = 100 1 n ∑D i ei = 25.61 2.13 Fcst 1 Fcst 2 223 289 430 134 190 550 210 320 390 112 150 490 Demand 256 340 375 110 225 525 Err 1 33 51 -55 -24 35 -25 Err 2 46 20 -15
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Chapter 2 ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Q2.1 In 2004‚ the second-largest U.S. long-distance telephone company eliminated about 2‚000 jobs at four call centers in Colorado‚ Iowa‚ Kansas‚ and South Carolina. "MCI must continue to revamp its cost structure to better position the company for future success‚" a company spokesperson said. Does this decision reflect an application of the global or partial optimization concept? Explain. ANSWER MCI=s decision to scale back employment at four
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Chapter 4 Case 2: Greetings Inc.: Activity-Based Costing Solution: 1. An activity-based costing system may be appropriate for Wall Décor‚ when overhead allocation based job-order costing provides product cost distortion. As seen on previous case‚ this distortion happens when one product is manufacturing in high volume and the others are manufacturing in complexity as well as in low volume. In this situation Wall Décor should change its costing system for selling its high volume produced
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Chapter 1 Philosophy means philein: love and sophia: wisdom‚ the love or pursuit of wisdom Philosophy beings with wonder‚ a search for the answer to a greater question Philosophy is a dynamic process‚ the dynamic nature of philosophical thinking‚ a process that is dialectical in the sense that ideas are continually analyzed in terms of their opposites‚ with the ultimate goal of creating a more enlightened synthesis The ultimate aim of philosophy is the goals is 1. the complete liberty of the
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Chapter 2: Aid for investment -What is the financing gap? Gap between required investment and domestic saving -Explain the Harold-Domar approach and its failings? GDP growth will be proportional to the share of investment spending in GDP. Its failings are that this model applied more to the short-run business cycle in rich countries. Also‚ he was writing in the aftermath of the Great Depression‚ thus taking high unemployment as given. -True or False. There is no relationship between aid and
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Financial Ratios. Of the financial ratios described in this chapter‚ which two might be most revealing for the typical college student? Which two are the most revealing for a retiree? Financial because your passive income exceeds your expenses. Why Budget. Do you have a budget? Why or why not? What do you think are the major reasons why people do not make formal budgets? because it will help you out in the long run in case you need to buy something are only living pay check to
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Chapter 7 Corporate Strategy 1. Corporate strategy is concerned with ’where’ a firm competes (in which industries it competes)‚ while business strategy is concerned with ‘how’ a firm competes in a specific industry. @Pages and References: Pages 308-310 *a. T b. F 2. Product scope‚ international scope‚ and vertical scope are part of corporate level strategy decisions. @Pages and References: Pages 308-310 *a. T b. F 3. "How profitable do we want to be?" is the starting-point of corporate strategy
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Microsoft Excel 2007: Create a macro by using Microsoft Visual Basic | Add to Favorites | In Microsoft Excel 2007‚ macros can be created using Microsoft Visual Basic. The following will show you how to create a macro using Microsoft Visual Basic: 1. If the Developer tab is unavailable‚ complete the following to display it: a. Click the Microsoft Office Button‚ and then click Excel Options. b. In the Popular category‚ under Top options for working with Excel‚ choose
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CHAPTER CASE 2.2: Pete`s p.74 Case Notes: 1. What interactions and discussion need to take place among the marketing‚ manufacturing‚ logistics‚ and finance departments? Explain the logistics department`s role in the introduction of the new product. The functional areas of marketing‚ logistics‚ manufacturing and finance should hold weekly sales and operations planning (S&OP) meetings to address the following: Identify firm planned orders which may be delayed to the customer. Notify key account managers
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CHAPTER 2 Management Challenges Business Applications Module I Information Technologies Development Processes Foundation Concepts COMPETING WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Chapter Highlights Section I Fundamentals of Strategic Advantage Strategic IT Competitive Strategy Concepts Real World Case: GE‚ Dell‚ Intel‚ GM‚ and Others: The Competitive Advantage of Information Technology Strategic Uses of Information Technology Building a Customer-Focused Business The Value Chain and Strategic
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