BUS-4072_FouchTashia_Week4Assignment

Prob 3: Slattkey Sweets proposes to re-launch one of its mature brands, the Zubirot Bar. The brand manager has identified the tasks involved and produced the following information about them: I Activity H A B C D E F Description Redesign the bar Redesign the packaging Build pilot production line Trial production run Consumer panel tests Main pilot production Design promotional material Test market redesigned product Produce report for the Board Predecessor Activity A, B C D E E F, G H Optimistic estimate of time (weeks) 5 3 10 1 4 2 8 2 Most likely estimate of time (weeks) 8 4 13 1 1 6 4 10 2 Pessimistic estimate of time (weeks) 10 5 a. Construct the PERT/CPM network for this problem. b. What is the expected project completion time? What is the critical path? c. Determine the mean and the standard deviation for the product re-launch. d. Ascertain the probability that the project will be finished in 40 weeks. 16 2 1 9 5 15 3

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?

Department of Health getting the highest executive budget this 2021 National Budget because of this COVID-19 pandemic. - What are the projects and programs that needed to be implement? Are these revenue expenditures or capital expenditures?- Is it for long term or by phase implementation?- Where are the locations of the projects? Urban areas or rural areas?- How long do you see the department getting the lion's share? Justify the forecast.

A case study on Qantas. 1. Prepare an executive summary of recommendations to the Qantas executive, based on your analysis. Identify three key changes to its structure and or operations.

Liberty University Human resource Strategy 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Liberty University of Human Resource Chart Analysis 4.  Liberty University Human Resource Strategy 4.1 University attraction, accomplishment, degrees programs 4.2 Recruiting, outreaching new students 4.3 University faculty members 4.4 Human Resource business marketing strategy 4.5 Implementing and evaluating strategy 5. Conclusion 6. References

TOPIC:Ramly burger company question:Internal Analysis - Strengths and Weakness, Distinctive competencies, Organizational Culture, Financial Position, The Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix.

subject: Quantitative Analysis For Business Please answer both of them.

CASE STUDY  "It is the time for Gegar Ltd. to Improve" This year is a year full of surprises. Gegar Ltd. has reached its highest sales with an increase of 20% compared to last year. The owner started to make a few changes to align with future needs in terms of manpower requirements and improvement in the current practices. Bob Alan, the owner uses zero-based forecasting approach for manpower planning. Last three months, Bob Alan identified that there was a need to hire one more staff at purchasing unit. 2 weeks after that, when Bob Alan was in the office, he happened to entertain two customers who came to buy cars. During their conversation, Bob Alan had mentioned the job vacancy, and one of them was interested and submitted his Curriculum Vitae (CV) to him. The candidate, John, is now in his third month as Purchasing Assistant Manager here. Previously he was the Assistant Manager at Sekoplas, a manufacturing company. On his first day at Gegar Ltd., Human Resource (HR) officer had…

please help me with Question 3 thanks! Demand forecasts for 2021 are as follows: Month Demand Jan 140,000 Feb 78,900 Mar 85,800 Apr 89,100 May 123,600 Jun 136,350 Jul 120,450 Aug 106,950 Sep 121,950 Oct 135,750 Nov 87,000 Dec 93,300 Each worker can produce 900 products per month and is paid $1500 per month. Assume that at the end of last year, the company has 100 employees working on the production line. Hiring and layoff (firing) decisions are made at the beginning of each month, and associated costs are charged at that time. It costs the company $400 to hire and $800 to lay off a worker. The company incurs holding cost for the amount of ending inventory in each month, and incurs backorder cost at the end of each month for any unfilled orders. The company incurs $2 per month for holding one unit in inventory and $4 per unit backorder. 1 Prepare a level aggregate plan. Under this level aggregate plan, how…

Part 1. Assessed PLO: To recognize the contribution of operations management to an organization’s strategic goals Q1. List 6 ways in which poor operational performance can impact the overall success of the company. When there is poor operational performance involved in a companies management Q2. Give examples of factors influencing capacity, using the six categories presented in class. Q3. Give one example of operations management strategic goals in each four categories using the BSC template, including the goals, measures, targets and initiatives

Customers and Marketing Assignment 1: Discussion—Marketing Plans and Customer SatisfactionCorona beer is the number one imported beer into the United States, and has developed into a global brand (General Distributors, Inc., n.d.). Corona created its competitive advantage through an innovative marketing strategy.Like Corona beer, identify a recent example of a firm that was cited as having a competitive advantage due to its innovative marketing plan. Respond to the following:Discuss implementation activities that positively impacted customer satisfaction.Describe three advantages and three disadvantages of standardizing the marketing mix worldwide.NO PLAGARISMPLEASE CORRECTLY CITE USING APA standards and please provide valid URLS for those references.Please use American CompanyWrite your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all…

How is the planning at Ashley furniture? (As a company) Planning:Consists of the processes necessary to strategically operate an existing supply chain.   Note: Answer the question

Existing case study online: Climate Change Mitigation through Electrical Appliance Market Transformation  What are the possible Highlights and insights or critical points, Specify how SDG 13 is incorporated into the existing case study, and lastly what are the detailed sustainability program and its impact on the society, environment, etc. ps. not graded

2a. An analysis of Revere Beach Corporation's operating income changes between 2021 and 2022 show the following: Operating income for 2021                                 $4,750,000 Add growth component                                       180,000 Deduct price-recovery component                   (60,000) Add productivity component                              285,000 Operating income for 2022                                 $5,155,000   Required: Is Revere's operating income gain consistent with the product differentiation or cost leadership strategy? Explain briefly. 2b. An analysis of Terbolt Corporation's operating income changes between 2021 and 2022 show the following:   Operating income for 2021                                 $4,750,000 Add growth component                                       75,000 Add price-recovery component                         398,000 Deduct productivity component                        (50,000) Operating income for 2022…

SAQ 3: For the present, construct the appropriate network diagram representing this data. Include "Start" and "End" activities as appropriate. Activity Duration Preceding Activity Start A 5 4 C 6 A E 5 B F 6. С, D End Е, F 2.

Sub = mangement  What are the potential risks and challenges associated with long-term planning, and how can managers mitigate those risks while maintaining a focus on future sustainability and growth?

You work for the Brad's Nailer Company which manufactures three types of nailers: a pneumatic model, the "ProLine", and a cordless model. You have contracted to supply a national retail chain with all three models of nailers. However, Brad's nailer production capability is limited in three departments: production, testing, and packaging. The goal is to maximize your revenue. Your answer will be the number packaging hours to be produced (The number of nailers must be a whole number.) Use Scenario 2

Jamison Health Care is trying to decide if it should eliminate its orthopedic care division. Last year,the orthopedic division had a total contribution margin of $100,000 and allocated overhead costs of$200,000, of which $90,000 could be eliminated if the division were dropped. Based solely on theabove financial information, should Jamison keep the division?

Company: ABC Civil Engineering - an engineering firmSituation: ABC company has recently made significant cuts in staff and the workload on existingemployees has increased. A major RFP is dueCharacters: Ted Waltz – Managing Director of ABC EngineeringElaine Tillman – Civil Engineer____________________________Elaine Tillman looked at her watch – it was 7:30 pm. Just then she knew she would not make it to her son’s final high school basketball game. It took her a moment to collect herself and wipe the tear that had started down her face and onto the ragged-edged 100 plus page RFP she was working on. The RFP,the largest opportunity that ABC Civil Engineering had a chance to bid on in 6 months, was far fromready for the 9:00 AM deadline the following day.Normally in this situation, Elaine would have collaborated with a proposal team putting together such a big proposal but, since the economic down turn hit, ABC has had to make significant cuts in its staff. It started with administrative…

Company: ABC Civil Engineering - an engineering firmSituation: ABC company has recently made significant cuts in staff and the workload on existingemployees has increased. A major RFP is dueCharacters: Ted Waltz – Managing Director of ABC EngineeringElaine Tillman – Civil Engineer____________________________Elaine Tillman looked at her watch – it was 7:30 pm. Just then she knew she would not make it to her son’s final high school basketball game. It took her a moment to collect herself and wipe the tear that had started down her face and onto the ragged-edged 100 plus page RFP she was working on. The RFP,the largest opportunity that ABC Civil Engineering had a chance to bid on in 6 months, was far fromready for the 9:00 AM deadline the following day.Normally in this situation, Elaine would have collaborated with a proposal team putting together such a big proposal but, since the economic down turn hit, ABC has had to make significant cuts in its staff. It started with administrative…

Table 5.1: The demand forecast developed for the year ended 31 December 2022. Month Production days Demand forecast Jan 16 150 Feb 16 150 Mar 23 250 Apr 21 250 May 22 400 Jun 22 500 Jul 21 600 Aug 20 750 Sep 20 450 Oct 20 250 Nov 16 150 Dec 16 150 1. Compute and tabulate the daily demand for each month in the table below (round off to the nearest whole number). 2. Assuming that MPQ Limited had adopted a level strategy for the year ended 31 December 2022, compute the average daily demand for the year (round off to the nearest whole number).

Explain the concept of business impact analysis (BIA) and its significance in continuity planning.

Read the below marketing problem carefully, Then build and formulate a linear programming model for this problem using the editor and insert a table to represent the new spreadsheet model. Make sure to use color-coding to differentiate between data cells, decision cells, and the main objectives. The Super Grain Corporation is facing a daunting challenge how to break into an already overly crowded breakfast cereal "Crunchy Start" market in a big way. The Management has has decided to design a nationwide promotional campaign that will achieve the largest possible exposure for Crunchy Start. Super Grain Corporation has identified the three most effective advertising media for this product: • Television commercials on Saturday morning programs for children. • Advertisements in food and family-oriented magazines. Advertisements in Sunday supplements of major newspapers. Super Grain also decided on the the below limited resources/restrictions in the problem • Advertising budget ($4 million).…

1. Develop an aggregate plan for the following forecast Period 3 4 5 6 7 Total 1 2 8 Forecast 190 230 260 280 210 170 160 260 180 1,940 There are 20 workers who can produce 10 units per period at a cost of P6.00 per unit. There is no beginning invetory and the cost of carrying inventory is P5.00 per unit per period. Backlog cost is P10.00 per unit per period. Will the present workforce able to produce the forecast? b. What is the total cost of the plan? a.

9. Precision Automotive Parts Company (PAP) was in the midst of its strategic planning for the next three years. Historically, its primary focus was on assembly and distribution of a limited number of engine parts for small lower volume auto manufacturers. With new owners, the executives have been tasked with growing revenue at 3x its historical growth rate. Since receiving this directive, it had considered several growth alternatives. During this strategy session, almost all the executives seem to believe that expanding its plant and pursuing larger manufacturers is the best alternative. If it pursues this option, it is pursuing a strategy of   Group of answer choices a. Transcendent integration b. Horizontal integration c. Vertical integration d. Transfer integration