(Ignore income taxes in this problem.) The management of Stanforth Corporation is investigating automating a process. Old equipment, with a current salvage value of $24,000, would be replaced by a new machine. The new machine would be purchased for $426,000 and would have a 6 year useful life and no salvage value. By automating the process, the company would save $147,000 per year in cash operating costs. The simple rate of return on the investment is closest to

(a) what was the opportunity cost of non-gm food for many buyers before 2008? (b) why did they prefer the alternative? (c) what was the opportunity cost in 2008? (d) why did it change?

What could cause a production possibilities curve to move down and to the left? a.) a nation loses land after being defeated in a war. b.) an increase in the use of computer technology speeds up production c.) a baby boom 20 years ago results in a large number of young adults in the population today. d.) thousands of investors from overseas invest money in a nations economy.

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?