Josh, inc. is faced with the choice of either producing a newly designed product, xx-30, to stock in anticipation of demand or to customer order. the demand for the product is expected to be 5,000 units per week. josh decided to produce xx-30 in lots of 500 units. the cost of holding the average unit in inventory per year is $50 times the average inventory level. if josh, inc. produces to order, it must discount its unit price on all sales $5 for each week that the first customer to order has to wait before the product is delivered. should josh, inc. produce to stock or to order?

Consider a small island country whose only industry is weaving. the following table shows information about the small economy in two different years. complete the table by calculating physical capital per worker as well as labor productivity. hint: recall that productivity is defined as the amount of goods and services a worker can produce per hour. in this problem, measure productivity as the quantity of goods per hour of labor. year physical capital labor force physical capital per worker labor hours output labor productivity (looms) (workers) (looms) (hours) (garments) (garments per hour of labor) 2024 160 40 1,800 14,400 2025 180 60 3,900 23,400

John is a 45-year-old manager who enjoys playing basketball in his spare time with his teenage sons and their friends. at work he finds that he is better able to solve problems that come up because of his many years of experience, but while on the court, he finds he is not as good keeping track of the ball while worrying about the other players. john's experience is:

What is the cause of smoky exhaust?