A book publisher has fixed costs of $\$300,000$ and variable costs per book of $\$8$. The book sells for $\$23$ per copy. If the fixed cost increased, would the new break-even point be higher or lower?

A book publisher has 3000 copies of a discrete mathematics book. How many ways are there to store these books in their three warehouses if the copies of the book are indistinguishable?

Francis Johnson’s plant needs to design an efficient assembly line to make a new product. The assembly line needs to produce 15 units per hour, and there is room for only four workstations. The tasks and the order in which they must be performed are shown in the following table. Tasks cannot be split, and it would be too expensive to duplicate any task. Balance the line so that only four workstations are required. Use whatever method you feel is appropriate.

Francis Johnson’s plant needs to design an efficient assembly line to make a new product. The assembly line needs to produce 15 units per hour, and there is room for only four workstations. The tasks and the order in which they must be performed are shown in the following table. Tasks cannot be split, and it would be too expensive to duplicate any task. What is the workstation cycle time required to produce 15 units per hour?

Francis Johnson’s plant needs to design an efficient assembly line to make a new product. The assembly line needs to produce 15 units per hour, and there is room for only four workstations. The tasks and the order in which they must be performed are shown in the following table. Tasks cannot be split, and it would be too expensive to duplicate any task. What is the efficiency of your line balance, assuming the cycle time from part (b)?

Francis Johnson’s plant needs to design an efficient assembly line to make a new product. The assembly line needs to produce 15 units per hour, and there is room for only four workstations. The tasks and the order in which they must be performed are shown in the following table. Tasks cannot be split, and it would be too expensive to duplicate any task. Draw the precedence diagram

A retail store had sales of $45,000 in April and$56,000 in May. The store employs eight full-time workers who work a 40-hour week. In April, the store also had seven part-time workers at 10 hours per week, and in May the store had nine part-timers at 15 hours per week (assume four weeks in each month). Using sales dollars as the measure of output, what is the percentage change in productivity from April to May?

A manager states that her process is really working well. Out of 1,500 parts, 1,477 were produced free of a particular defect and passed inspection. Based on Six Sigma theory, how would you rate this performance, other things being equal?

Assume a fixed cost of $\$900.00$, a variable cost of $\$4.50$, and a selling price of $\$5.50$. How many units must be sold to make a profit of $\$500.00$?

Assume a fixed cost of $\$ 900$, a variable cost of $\$ 4.50$, and a selling price of $\$ 5.50$.

a. What is the break-even point?

b. How many units must be sold to make a profit of $\$ 500.00$ ?

c. How many units must be sold to average $\$ 0.25$ profit per unit? $\$ 0.50$ profit per unit? $\$ 1.50$ profit per unit?

Assume a fixed cost of $\$900.00$, a variable cost of $\$4.50$, and a selling price of $\$5.50$. How many units must be sold to average $\$0.25$ profit per unit? $\$0.50$ profit per unit? $\$1.50$ profit per unit?

Assume a fixed cost of $\$900.00$, a variable cost of $\$4.50$, and a selling price of $\$5.50$. What is the break-even point?

The following activities are part of a project to be scheduled using CPM. How much slack does activity B have?

A U.S. manufacturing company operating a subsidiary in an LDC (less-developed country) shows the following results. Calculate raw material productivity figures [units/$where$1 = 10 (FC)]. Explain why these figures might be greater in the subsidiary.