A newly formed firm must decide on a plant location. There are two alternatives under consideration: locate near the major raw materials or locate near the major customers. Locating near the raw materials will result in lower fixed and variable costs than locating near the market, but the owners believe there would be a loss in sales volume because customers tend to favor local suppliers. Revenue per unit will be $185 in either case. Using the following information, determine which location would produce the greater profit.

	Omaha	Kansas City
Annual fixed costs ($ millions)	$1.2	$1.4
Variable cost per unit	$36	$47
Expected annual demand (units)	8,000	12,000

What are the training implications of the increased use of teams to manufacture products or provide services

What is lot sizing, what is its goal, and why is it an issue with lumpy demand?

Break into groups of four to five students. Assign half of the groups the role of Owner and the other half the role of Contractor. Owners: After saving for many years you are about to hire a contractor to build your “dream home.” What are your objectives for this project? What concerns or issues do you have about working with a general contractor to build your home? Contractors: You specialize in building customized homes. You are about to meet with prospective owners to begin to negotiate a contract for building their “dream home.” What are your objectives for this project? What concerns or issues do you have about working with the owners to build their home? Each Owner group meets with another Contractor group and shares their objectives, concerns, and issues. Identify what objectives, issues, and concerns you have in common and which ones are unique. Discuss how you could work together to realize your objectives. What would be the keys to working as partners on this project?

How many work cycles should be timed to estimate the average cycle time to within 2 percent of the sample mean with a confidence of 99 percent if a pilot study yielded these times (minutes): 5.2, 5.5, 5.8, 5.3, 5.5, and 5.1? The standard deviation is .253 minutes per cycle.

What is corporate-level strategy and why is it important/

Suppose you are going to have a prescription filled at a local pharmacy. Referring to the dimen- sions of service quality for each dimension, give an example of how you would judge the quality of the service.

Go to www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/sat.html, Big Dog’s Instructional System Design (ISD) page. This website is an excellent resource that describes all aspects of the ISD model. Click on “Learning” and scroll to the concept map or list of terms under the map. Click on “Learning Styles” and take the Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic (VAK survey. What are the implications of your learning style for how you learn best? What type of learning environment is best suited for your style? Be as specific as possible.

How do ocean currents affect air temperature in coastal areas?

Identify and evaluate five types of departmentalization.

Compare and contrast four strategies for merging organizational cultures.

Given these observed times (in minutes) for five elements of a job, determine the observed time (OT) for each element. Note: Some of the elements occur only periodically.

What are stakeholders? How do the three primary stakeholder groups influence organizations'

A five-year project has a projected net cash flow of $\$15,000$, $\$25,000$, $\$30,000$, $\$20,000$, and $\$15,000$ in the next five years. It will cost $\$50,000$ to implement the project. If the required rate of return is 20 percent, conduct a discounted cash flow calculation to determine the NPV.