Meritor, a company that makes muffler assemblies for the automotive industry, is committed to the use of kanban to pull material through its manufacturing cells. meritor has designed each cell to fabricate a specific family of muffler products. fabricating a muffler assembly involves cutting and bending pieces of pipe that are welded to a muffler and a catalytic converter. the mufflers and catalytic converters are pulled into the cell based on current demand. the catalytic converters are made in a specialized cell.
catalytic converters are made in batches of 10 units and are moved in special hand carts to the fabrication cells. the catalytic converter cell is designed so that different types of catalytic converters can be made with virtually no setup loss.
meritor hires a team of consultants. the consultants suggest a partial robotic automation as well as the safety stock to be 12.5 percent. meritor implements these suggestions. the result is an increase in efficiency in both the fabrication of muffler assembly and the making of catalytic converters. the muffler assembly fabrication cell averages 16 assemblies per hour and the lead time is two hours' response time for a batch of 10 catalytic converters. how many kanban cards are needed?

When immigration adds to the size of the domestic labor pool, which of the following is likely to occur? a. wages decrease. b. productivity increases. c. consumption decreases. d. minimum wage increases.

Suppose that fizzo and pop hop are the only two firms that sell orange soda. the following payoff matrix shows the profit (in millions of dollars) each company will earn depending on whether or not it advertises: pop hopadvertise doesn’t advertisefizzo advertise 10, 10 18, 2doesn’t advertise 2, 18 11, 11for example, the upper right cell shows that if fizzo advertises and pop hop doesn't advertise, fizzo will make a profit of $18 million, and pop hop will make a profit of $2 million. assume this is a simultaneous game and that fizzo and pop hop are both profit-maximizing firms. if fizzo decides to advertise, it will earn a profit if pop hop advertises and a profit if pop hop does not advertise. if fizzo decides not to advertise, it will earn a profit if pop hop advertises and a profit if pop hop does not advertise. if pop hop advertises, fizzo makes a higher profit if it chooses (not to advertise, to .if pop hop doesn't advertise, fizzo makes a higher profit if it chooses (not to advertise, to . suppose that both firms start off not advertising. if the firms act independently, what strategies will they end up choosing? fizzo will choose to advertise and pop hop will choose not to advertise. both firms will choose to advertise. fizzo will choose not to advertise and pop hop will choose to advertise. both firms will choose not to advertise. again, suppose that both firms start off not advertising. if the firms decide to collude, what strategies will they end up choosing? fizzo will choose not to advertise and pop hop will choose to advertise. both firms will choose not to advertise. fizzo will choose to advertise and pop hop will choose not to advertise. both firms will choose to advertise.

What happens when the government finances a job creation project through taxes and borrowing?