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A small town with one hospital has 3 ambulances to supply ambulance service. Requests for ambulances during nonholiday weekends average .40 per hour and tend to be Poisson-distributed. Find the aver
As part of a company's training program, participants learn how to conduct analyses of clients' insurability. Can the value of the Cpk exceed the value of Cp for a given participant? Explain.
In preparing the objectives component of the grant proposal, what must you keep in mind? What are some tips to remember in writing good goals and objectives?
Discuss methods for shortening a project schedule. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of shortening project schedules?
BBBC is authorized to use around-the-clock production, six days per week. When each of the two shifts works 72 hours per week, production increases to 4,000 uniforms per week but at a cost of $144 e
Given the locations of the receiving stations and the volumes to be shipped daily, determine the location of the disposal center.
A vending machine dispenses hot chocolate or coffee. Service time is 30 seconds per cup and is constant. Determine the average number of customers waiting in line.
Develop a forecast for years 2 through 12 using exponential smoothing with a=.4 and a forecast for year 1 of 6.
Total Loading Required is 2200 MT/ "N" Days calculated in (1). Find the Optimum No. of Equipments to be Placed per day to be Loaded at minimum cost.
Was this a well-designed motivational program? Break it down in terms of expectancy theory. Were the three elements present?
If the goal is to maximize profits, how many bags of each type should be prepared? (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)
Each H contributes $60 to profits, and each W contributes $44 to profits. What quantities of H and W will maximize profits?
A wood products firm uses available time at the end of each week to make goods for stock. Determine the optimal quantities of the decision variables.
Normally distributed with a mean of 42 pounds and a standard deviation of 4 pounds. When should the raw material be reordered if the acceptable risk of a stock out is 3%?
How will you measure the outcomes of these objectives? What percentage of change are you hoping to see as a result of these objectives being implemented?
Solve these problems using graphical linear programming and then answer the questions that follow. What are the optimal values of the decision variables and Z? (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.
With nonprofit funding being so limited, free advertising and publicity are things that all organizations should consider. What are your thoughts on using the social media outlets as a part of the
Alyssa's Custom Cakes currently sells 5 birthday, 2 wedding, and 3 specialty cakes each month for $50, $150, and $100 each. Calculate Alyssa's labor productivity ratio in dollars per hour for each typ
Compute the normal time for each element. How many observations are needed for a 95% confidence level within 5% accracy?
To achieve a 10 percent multifactor productivity improvement by reducing materials costs only, by what percentage must these costs be reduced?
If Dan orders 108 books to maximize his profit, given the buyback offer, what is Dan's expected profit given the the order quantity of 108?
Discuss the concepts of level scheduling and MMS associated with lean production. How do these approaches simultaneously accomplish the objectives of lean and short-term scheduling?
David Upton is president of Upton Manufacturing, a producer of Go-Kart tires. What is the labor productivity per labor-hour for these tires at Upton Manufacturing?
Lori produces "Final Exam Care Packages" for resale by her sorority. She is currently working a total of 5 hours per day to produce 100 care packages. What will be the percentage increase in product