A regional bookstore chain is about to build a distribution center that is centrally located for its eight retail outlets.

It will most likely employ which of the following tools of analysis?

a) Assembly-line balancing

b) Load-distance analysis

c) Center-of-gravity model

d) Linear programming

e) All of the above

Who needs to be involved in facility location decisions?

What are some factors that contribute to U.S. foreign policy decisions?

A crossover chart for process selection focuses on:

a) labor costs.

b) material cost.

c) both labor and material costs.

d) fixed and variable costs.

e) fixed costs.

Describe how an organization's mission and strategy have different purposes.

What are the measurement problems that occur when one attempts to measure productivity?

Bronco Truck Parts expects to sell the following number of units at the prices indicated under three different scenarios in the economy. The probability of each outcome is indicated. What is the expected value of the total sales projection?

The Alliance Corp. expects to sell the following number of units of copper cables at the prices indicated, under three different scenarios in the economy. The probability of each outcome is indicated. What is the expected value of the total sales projection?

How are commercial banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions different?

Banks sometimes loan cash under noninterest-bearing notes. Is it true that banks lend money without interest?

Banks require a business to have enough real estate or other____ to guarantee repayment of a loan. (assets; liabilities)

A recent Gallup poll of 519 adults who flew in the past year found the following number of complaints about flying: cramped seats (45), cost (16), dislike or fear of flying (57), security measures (119), poor service (12), connecting flight problems (8), overcrowded planes (42), late planes/waits (57), food (7), lost luggage (7), and other (51).

Use the "four $M \mathrm{s}$ " method to create a fish-bone diagram for the 10 specific categories of dislikes (exclude "other" and "no complaints").

Peter Billington Stereo, Inc., supplies car radios to auto manufacturers and is going to open a new plant. The company is undecided between Detroit and Dallas as the site. The fixed costs in Dallas are lower due to cheaper land costs, but the variable costs in Dallas are higher because shipping distances would increase. Given the following costs:

How does your answer change if Dallas's fixed costs increase by 10%?

Peggy Lane Corp., a producer of machine tools, wants to move to a larger site. Two alternative locations have been identified: Bonham and McKinney. Bonham would have fixed costs of $800,000 per year and variable costs of$14,000 per standard unit produced. McKinney would have annual fixed costs of $920,000 and variable costs of$13,000 per standard unit. The finished items sell for $29,000 each. For what range of output would Bonham be superior (have higher profits)?