The manning company has financial statements as shown next, which are representative of the company’s historical average. the firm is expecting a 35 percent increase in sales next year, and management is concerned about the company’s need for external funds. the increase in sales is expected to be carried out without any expansion of fixed assets, but rather through more efficient asset utilization in the existing store. among liabilities, only current liabilities vary directly with sales. income statement sales $ 260,000 expenses 206,000 earnings before interest and taxes $ 54,000 interest 8,700 earnings before taxes $ 45,300 taxes 16,700 earnings after taxes $ 28,600 dividends $ 8,580 balance sheet assets liabilities and stockholders' equity cash $ 5,000 accounts payable $ 24,600 accounts receivable 39,000 accrued wages 2,050 inventory 60,000 accrued taxes 4,550 current assets $ 104,000 current liabilities $ 31,200 fixed assets 97,000 notes payable 8,700 long-term debt 23,500 common stock 121,000 retained earnings 16,600 total assets $ 201,000 total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 201,000 using the percent-of-sales method, determine whether the company has external financing needs, or a surplus of funds.

Imagine us is a startup that offers high definition 3d prenatal ultrasounds for high-end customers. the service process includes four activities that are conducted in the sequence described below. (the time required for each activity is shown in parentheses): activity 1: welcome a patient and explain the procedure. (20 minutes)activity 2: prep the patient (e.g., show them to the room, apply ultrasound gel). (17 minutes) (*your id number represents the amount of time needed to complete this task)activity 3: take images. (5 minutes)activity 4: discuss diagnostic with patient. (20 minutes)at each location there are employees (servers) s1, s2, and s3. the assignment of tasks to servers is the following: s1 does activities 1 and 2.s2 does activity 3.s3 does activity 4.a. what is the capacity of this process (in customers per hour)? b. suppose 3 patients arrive every hour on average. ignoring any “start of day” or “end of day” effects, what are the utilizations of all three servers (%)? c. suppose each activity can be done by any server and any server can do any set of activities. however, each activity is done by only one server. for example, a possible assignment includes: s1 does activity 1, s2 does activity 2, and s3 does activities 3 and 4. of course, the original assignment of servers to activities is also feasible. what is the maximum capacity of the process (in customers per hour)? d. now consider the capacity measures in (c) and (a), what is the percentage change? why can you improve capacity without using additional resources? (there is no free lunch, right? )note: for all hw assignments, show your process of getting the results. only providing the final answers is not acceptable and will get 0%. if necessary, use a separate sheet of paper to show your work.

Advertisers are usually very conscious of their audience. choose an issue of a popular magazine such as time, sports illustrated, vanity fair, rolling stone, or the like. from that issue select three advertisements to analyze. try to determine the audience being appealed to in each advertisement and analyze the appeals used to persuade buyers. how might the appeals differ is the ads were designed to persuade a different audience.

Which of the following distribution systems offers speed and reliability when emergency supplies are needed overseas? a. railroadsb. airfreightc. truckingd. pipelinese. waterways