Acompany wishes to hedge its exposure to a new fuel whose price changes have a 0.6 correlation with gasoline futures price changes. the company will lose $1 million for each 1 cent increase in the price per gallon of the new fuel over the next three months. the new fuel's price change has a standard deviation that is 50% greater than price changes in gasoline futures prices. if gasoline futures are used to hedge the exposure what should the hedge ratio be? what is the company's exposure measured in gallons of the new fuel? what position measured in gallons should the company take in gasoline futures? how many gasoline futures contracts should be traded? each contract is on 42,000 gallons.

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The purpose of safety stock is to: a. eliminate the possibility of a stockout. b. control the likelihood of a stockout due to variable demand and/or lead time. c. eliminate the likelihood of a stockout due to erroneous inventory tally. d. protect the firm from a sudden decrease in demand. e. replace failed units with good ones.

When paul o’neill joined alcoa as ceo, he set a , that there would be zero workplace accidents. a lot of people in the organization thought this was impossible given how dangerous some aluminum-manufacturing jobs are, but alcoa’s safety record improved tremendously. as the board of governors of the american red cross considers planning, one option is to make strategic plans and then direct managers to align tactical and operational plans accordingly. another option is to have planning specialists managers across the organization make their own plans. why might this organization’s executives opt for the latter approach? check all that apply. (a) the environment is a dynamic one, and department and frontline managers can come up with more responsive plans than can central leadership. (b)resources will be better coordinated across the organization in support of the overall strategy.(c) senior leadership will have more control over the organization’s direction. (d)when managers come up with their own plans, they are likely to be more committed to following through on them.