Marvin, an assistant manager at a nonprofit organization, wanted to start a new project and required funds from his seniors. However, his seniors thought that he was not responsible enough to handle either the funds or the workload. They assumed him to be a carefree individual with a laid-back attitude toward work. Therefore, they rejected his request. In the given scenario, Marvin most likely faced .

Suppose your rich uncle gave you $50,000, which you plan to use for graduate school. you will make the investment now, you expect to earn an annual return of 6%, and you will make 4 equal annual withdrawals, beginning 1 year from today. under these conditions, how large would each withdrawal be so there would be no funds remaining in the account after the 4th?

Mr. beautiful, an organization that sells weight training sets, has an ordering cost of $40 for the bb-1 set. (bb-1 stands for body beautiful number 1.) the carrying cost for bb-1 is $5 per set per year. to meet demand, mr. beautiful orders large quantities of bb-1 seven times a year. the stockout cost for bb-1 is estimated to be $50 per set. over the past several years, mr. beautiful has observed the following demand during the lead time for bb-1: demand during lead time probability40 0.150 0.260 0.270 0.280 0.290 0.1total 1.0the reorder point for bb-1 is 60 sets. what level of safety stock should be maintained for bb-1?

In the current period, forward co. started with the production of 21,000 units and completed 8,400 units, leaving 13,200 units in process that are 42% complete. if forward co. incurred production costs of $34,980, what was forward's cost per equivalent unit for the period? (note: round your answer to two decimal places.)