Find an initial solution to the following transportation problem. to from los angeles calgary panama city supply mexico city $6 $18 $8 100 detroit $17 $13 $19 60 ottawa $20 $10 $24 40 demand 50 80 70 the starting solution using northwest-corner method is: (note: you must enter a shipment in every cell, even if the shipment is 0.) to from los angeles calgary panama city supply mexico city $6 $18 $8 100 50 50 0 detroit $17 $13 $19 60 0 30 30 ottawa $20 $10 $24 40 0 0 40 demand 50 80 70 a) the total cost of the initial solution developed using the northwest-corner method = $ 3120. the starting solution using the intuitive lowest-cost method is: (note: you must enter a shipment in every cell, even if the shipment is 0.) to from los angeles calgary panama city supply mexico city $6 $18 $8 100 50 0 50 detroit $17 $13 $19 60 0 40 20 ottawa $20 $10 $24 40 0 40 0 demand 50 80 70 b) the total cost of the initial solution developed using the intuitive lowest-cost method = $ 2000. c) the total cost of the optimal solution = $ 5100.

Ds unlimited has the following transactions during august. august 6 purchases 58 handheld game devices on account from gamegirl, inc., for $140 each, terms 2/10, n/60. august 7 pays $340 to sure shipping for freight charges associated with the august 6 purchase. august 10 returns to gamegirl three game devices that were defective. august 14 pays the full amount due to gamegirl. august 23 sells 38 game devices purchased on august 6 for $160 each to customers on account. the total cost of the 38 game devices sold is $5,448.51. required: record the transactions of ds unlimited, assuming the company uses a perpetual inventory system. (if no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "no journal entry required" in the first account field. round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?

Sauer food company has decided to buy a new computer system with an expected life of three years. the cost is $440,000. the company can borrow $440,000 for three years at 14 percent annual interest or for one year at 12 percent annual interest. assume interest is paid in full at the end of each year. a. how much would sauer food company save in interest over the three-year life of the computer system if the one-year loan is utilized and the loan is rolled over (reborrowed) each year at the same 12 percent rate? compare this to the 14 percent three-year loan.