Demand for chicken soup at a supermarket is always 25 cases a day and the lead time is always 4 days. the shelves were just restocked with chicken soup, leaving an on-hand inventory of only 10 cases. no backorders currently exist, but there is one open order in the pipeline for 200 cases. what is the inventory position? should a new order be placed?

You are an employee of an u.s. firm that produces personal computers in thailand and then exports them to the united states and other countries for sale. the personal computers were originally produced in thailand to take advantage of relatively low labor costs and a skilled workforce. other possible locations considered at that time were malaysia and hong kong. the u.s. government decides to impose punitive 100% ad valorem tariffs on imports of computers from thailand to punish the country for administrative trade barriers that restrict u.s. exports to thailand. how do you think your firm should respond? what does this tell you about the use of targeted trade barriers?

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be:

You hear your supervisor tell another supervisor that a fire drill will take place later today when the fire alarm sounds that afternoon you should