manufacturer believes that the cost function C ( x ) = 3 2 x 2 + 51 x + 1000 approximates the dollar cost of producing x units of a product. The manufacturer believes it cannot make a profit when the marginal cost goes beyond $ 249 . What is the most units the manufacturer can produce and still make a profit? What is the total cost at this level of production? The manufacturer can make up to units and still make a profit. This leads to a total cost of $ .

Ancho corp. is an automobile company whose core competency lies in manufacturing petrol- and diesel- based cars. the company realizes that more of its potential customers are switching to electric cars. the r& d department of the company acquires competencies in developing electric cars and launches its first hybrid car, which uses both gas and electricity. in this scenario, ancho is primarilya. leveraging new core competencies to improve current market position. b. redeploying existing core competencies to compete in future markets. c. unlearning existing core competencies to create and compete in markets of the future. d. building new core competencies to protect and extend current market position

Lead time for one of your fastest-moving products is 20 days. demand during this period averages 90 units per day. a) what would be an appropriate reorder point? ) how does your answer change if demand during lead time doubles? ) how does your answer change if demand during lead time drops in half?

Ryan terlecki organized a new internet company, capuniverse, inc. the company specializes in baseball-type caps with logos printed on them. ryan, who is never without a cap, believes that his target market is college and high school students. you have been hired to record the transactions occurring in the first two weeks of operations.