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Did the worker's productivity increase, decrease, or remain the same?
If the agent will use the service for daytime calls, over what range of call minutes will each plan be optimal?
A manufacturer has decided to locate a new factory in northwestern United States to serve growing demand in that market.
A producer of felt-tip pens has received a forecast of demand of 34,000 pens for the coming month from its marketing department
National Scan, Inc., sells radio frequency inventory tags. Monthly sales for a seven-month period were as follows:
The school board is trying to evaluate a new math program introduced to second- graders in five elementary schools across the county this year.
Two independent methods of forecasting based on judgment and experience have been prepared each month for the past 10 months.
PizzaTime Restaurants is building a new pizza place and needs to determine how big to make the various parts of its facility.
After plotting demand for four periods, an emergency room manager has concluded that a trend-adjusted exponential smoothing model
A cosmetics manufacturer's marketing department has developed a linear trend equation that can be used to predict annual sales of its popular Hand & Foot Cream.
A dry cleaner uses exponential smoothing to forecast equipment usage at its main plant. August usage was forecasted to be 60 percent of capacity
The Budd Gear Co. specializes in heat-treating gears for automobile companies.
A loan processing operation that processes an average of 6 loans per day. The operation has a design capacity of 13 loans per day and an effective capacity
Prior to a show at the People's theatre patrons arrive at an average rate of 400 per hour. 75% of patrons purchase a ticket at the Box Office.
The New England Cycle Company is planning next month's production of its two bicycles: its B2 tandem cycle built for two and its S10 single-rider 10-speed model
A produce distributor uses 770 packing crates a month, which it purchases at a cost of $10 each.
Master Lock in Milwaukee, WI manufactures padlocks that are sold across the United States. The most Master Lock could possibly make in one day
A printing company has a contract with a legal firm to copy their court documents. Daily demand is a constant at 10000 pages to be copied
A catering company prepared and served 340 meals at an anniversary celebration last week using seven workers. The week before, seven workers prepared and served
Development of a new deluxe version of a particular software product is being considered by Ravi Behara's software house. The indirect cost is $500 per week.
An electrical contractor's records during the last five weeks indicate the number of job requests:
A dry cleaner uses exponential smoothing to forecast equipment usage at its main plant.
A manager checked production records and found that a worker produced 170 units while working 50 hours.
A manager must make a decision on shipping. There are two shippers, A and B. Both offer a two-day rate: