A company has elected to pursue the initiatives listed in part a. For each initiative, describe which Balanced Scorecard perspectives the initiative will address and, specifically, which of the performance measures in part b it will affect., a. Initiatives

Purchase new, more efficient, production equipment.

Train employees.

Renovate older retail stores.

Implement a business intelligence/business analytics system.

Create a new advertising campaign.

b. Performance measures

Sales growth percentage.

Percent of repeat customers.

Employee turnover.

Percent of defective products.

Number of new customers.

Number of product warranty claims.

Employee satisfaction.

The link between volume of production and the cost of building manufacturing operations is particularly important in industries characterized byanswers: process innovations. product manufacturing. product innovation. process manufacturing.

Most angel investors expect a return on investment of question options: 20% to 25% over 5 years. 15% to 20% over 5 years. 75% over 10 years. 100% over 5 years.

Ardmore farm and seed has an inventory dilemma. they have been selling a brand of very popular insect spray for the past year. they have never really analyzed the costs incurred from ordering and holding the inventory and currently fave a large stock of the insecticide in the warehouse. they estimate that it costs $25 to place an order, and it costs $0.25 per gallon to hold the spray. the annual requirements total 80,000 gallons for a 365 day year. a. assuming that 10,000 gallons are ordered each time an order is placed, estimate the annual inventory costs. b. calculate the eoq. c. given the eoq calculated in part b., how many orders should be placed and what is the average inventory balance? d. if it takes seven days to receive an order from suppliers, at what inventory level should ardmore place another order?