An office supply store open 5 days a week must determine the best inventory policy for boxes of copier paper. weekly demand is nearly constant at 250 boxes and when orders are placed, then entire shipment arrives at once. the cost per box is $22 and the inventory holding cost is 28%. orders are placed at a cost of $40 each, including preparation time and communication charges, and the lead time is 2 days. a. find the optimal order quantity. b. what is the reorder point? c. how often should an order be placed? d. what is the cycle time?

What is an example of a good stock to buy during economic expansion? a) cyclical stock b) defensive stock c) income stock d) bond

You are the manager of the packaging department in a cookie factory. (obviously, the packaging employees cannot eat the cookies that are transferred in during the period.) after your employees insert cookies into colorful packages (step 1) for display on store shelves, the packages of cookies are then boxed using cardboard cartons (step 2) for shipment to stores. each unit of product is represented by a carton of packaged cookies. the packaging department began the period with 1,000 units of cookies. during the period, 5,000 units of cookies were transferred in from the baking department and 5,500 units of cookies were transferred out to the finished goods department. the number of units of cookies in the ending inventory of the packaging department equals:

U. s. internet advertising revenue grew at the rate of r(t) = 0.82t + 1.14 (0 ≤ t ≤ 4) billion dollars/year between 2002 (t = 0) and 2006 (t = 4). the advertising revenue in 2002 was $5.9 billion.† (a) find an expression f(t) giving the advertising revenue in year t.