Management and the labor union of employees at a packaged goods production plant are unable to resolve a contract dispute about the proper working conditions in the plant. After many failed negotiations, strikes, lockouts, and other tactics, they decide to bring in a neutral third party to help them focus on the issues and to prevent negotiations from breaking down. This neutral third party is a(n) Multiple Choice conciliator. picketer. mediator. arbitrator. strikebreaker.

Owns a machine that can produce two specialized products. production time for product tlx is two units per hour and for product mtv is four units per hour. the machine’s capacity is 2,100 hours per year. both products are sold to a single customer who has agreed to buy all of the company’s output up to a maximum of 3,570 units of product tlx and 1,610 units of product mtv. selling prices and variable costs per unit to produce the products follow. product tlx product mtv selling price per unit $ 11.50 $ 6.90 variable costs per unit 3.45 4.14 determine the company's most profitable sales mix and the contribution margin that results from that sales mix.