Salespeople know that buyers do not want to spend a lot of time reading sales proposals that are inappropriate for solving their particular needs. Accordingly, salespeople need to make sure they write an enticing .a. Needs and Benefits Analysisb. Company Descriptionc. Executive Summaryd. Cover pagee. Introduction

Thomas kratzer is the purchasing manager for the headquarters of a large insurance company chain with a central inventory operation. thomas's fastest-moving inventory item has a demand of 6,000 units per year. the cost of each unit is $100, and the inventory carrying cost is $10 per unit per year. the average ordering cost is $30 per order. it takes about 5 days for an order to arrive, and the demand for 1 week is 120 units. (this is a corporate operation, and the are 250 working days per year.)a) what is the eoq? b) what is the average inventory if the eoq is used? c) what is the optimal number of orders per year? d) what is the optimal number of days in between any two orders? e) what is the annual cost of ordering and holding inventory? f) what is the total annual inventory cost, including cost of the 6,000 units?

S. you are changing planes in london for a flight to paris where you will connect with your flight to capetown. you are picking up reading material for the flight and are looking at the prices listed on the economist magazine which conveniently lists prices in several different global currencies. you note that the price in pounds is 2.40 pounds and the price in euros is 2 euros. the exchange rate for the dollar (your credit card was issued in the usa) is $1.59/pound and s1.3837/euro. should you buy reading materials now or wait until you're in paris?

Anew joint command and control system is being developed to meet the strategic information needs of all the military services. the air force is the lead service, but the army and navy have different points of view about what functions the system should perform. which one of the software acquisition best practices would be most relevant in managing this issue as the program office undertakes system development?