Boots Plus has two product lines: Hiking boots and Fashion boots. Income statement data for the most recent year follow: Total Hiking Fashion Sales revenue $ 490 comma 000 $ 350 comma 000 $140,000 Variable expenses 385 comma 000 265 comma 000 120,000 Contribution margin 105 comma 000 85 comma 000 20,000 Fixed expenses 80 comma 000 40 comma 000 40 comma 000 Operating income (loss) $25 comma 000 $ 45 comma 000 $( 20 comma 000 ) If $ 29 comma 000 of fixed costs will be eliminated by discontinuing the Fashion line, how will operating income be affected?

You are thinking of making your mansion more energy efficient by replacing some of the light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs, and insulating part or all of your exterior walls. each compact fluorescent light bulb costs $4 and saves you an average of $2 per year in energy costs, and each square foot of wall insulation costs $1 and saves you an average of $0.20 per year in energy costs.† your mansion has 150 light fittings and 3000 sq ft of uninsulated exterior wall. to impress your friends, you would like to spend as much as possible, but save no more than $750 per year in energy costs (you are proud of your large utility bills). how many compact fluorescent light bulbs and how many square feet of insulation should you purchase? how much will you save in energy costs per year? (if an answer does not exist, enter dne.)

If springfield is operating at full employment who is working a. everyone b. about 96% of the workforce c. the entire work force d. the robots

1. what are the unique operational challenges to delivering fresh meals? 2. why is speed of delivery so important for delivered meals? what variety of options contribute to this performance metric? 3. how could operations management concepts be utilized to improve the performance of freshly? 4. what are your typical product delivery times? what would be required to speed these up? 5. what are your delivery batch quantities? how could you reduce batch size and reduce delivery cost simultaneously using operations management concepts?