Economics discussion questions

a. Characterize the state of the economy. b. Is the Federal Reserve more concerned about high inflation or the possibility of a recession? Or, is the Federal Reserve more concerned about other issues? If so, what are they? c. What is the stated direction of recent monetary policy? What policy actions have the Fe ...continues

Benefits of Distance Learning

Write a basic outline for a presentation on the benefits of distance learning from a student's perspective. The audience will be students and teachers with very little computer experience and may be somewhat fearful of the idea. Make sure to tailor the presentation outline with this audience in mind. You can use a traditiona ...continues

Convincing small university to put Liberal Arts Program into distance learning format...

write to a board of a small university with the goal of convincing them to put their Liberal Arts Program into a distance learning format. You want to show them that the profits will grow as more and more students ease into the new format. You also want to show that potential student enrollments will far outweigh the fears of da ...continues

Operations Management

An appliance manufacturer has a plant near Toronto that receives small electric motors from a manufacturer located in Winnipeg. The demand for motors is 120,000 units per year. The cost of each motor is $120. The motors are purchased in lots of 3,000 units. The supplier has these motors in stock and usually ships them the next d ...continues

Shipping Costs

Determine which shipping alternative would be most economical to ship 80 boxes of parts when each box has a price of $200 and the annual holding costs are 30 percent of price, given this shipping information: Alternative Shipping Cost (for all 80) Overnight $300 Two-day 260 Six-day ...continues

Supply Chain Design

Given the attached information, please answer the following questions: a. What is the average inventory turnover for the firm? b. If you were given the assignment to increase inventory turnover, what would you focus on? Why? c. The company reported that it used $500M worth of raw material during the year. On average, h ...continues

Capacity Index - Ops. Mgmt.

Design specifications require that a key dimension on a product measure 100 +/- 10 units. A process being considered for producing this product has a standard deviation ofr 4 units a) what can you say (quantitatively) regarding this process capacity b) suppose the average shits to 92, calculate new capacity c) what can you ...continues

Strategic Management and Reengineering

Is reengineering just another management fad or does it offer something of lasting value? Describe specific situations in which you would or would not recommend reengineering as a potential strategy. Be sure to support your answer.

Decision Tree - Case Study

In reference to the attached case study: Describe further analysis that might be useful and/or business actions that might be taken based on the decision tree results. Please see file below.

environmental scanning & strategy formulation

I need some help with a reflection paper on environment scanning & strategy formulation and choice ... Just need a push in the right direction ...