A coffee shop buys 2000 bags of their most popular coffee beans each month. The cost of ordering and receiving shipments is $12 per order. Accounting estimates annual carrying costs are $3.60. The supplier lead time is 8 operating days. The shop operates 240 days per year. Each order is received from the supplier in a single delivery. There are no quantity discounts. Required:
a. What quantity should the shop order with each order?
b. How many times per year will the shop order?
c. How many operating days will elapse between two consecutive orders?
d. What is the reorder point if the company wishes to carry a safety stock of 10 bags?
e. What is the store's minimum total annual cost of placing orders & carrying inventory?

Match the various steps in the creative process undertaken by the ad agency for developing the campaign for wpu, to the steps in young's model of the creative process. creative process in developing wpu's campaignyoung's modelafter intensive analysis of the data and several rounds of brainstorming, the agency executives decided to take a break from this project (the wpu campaign), and instead work on a different client's project before tackling the wpu project again. using a combination of animatics and storyboards, the ad agency conducted research with a representative sample of sixty target consumers to pretest the campaign theme and the creative execution. during a brainstorming session in the creative department, a copywriter's suggestion for a slogan for wpu was recognized as an excellent central idea that could drive the campaign for wpu. the account planning, account management and creative departments at the ad agency had a series of meetings and brainstorming sessions to discuss the creative brief and the results of all the primary and secondary research done with the target consumers. the account planning and the account management groups at the ad agency conducted primary research with a representative sample of the target segment and also studied secondary research data to gain insights required for the campaign development process.

Omnidata uses the annualized income method to determine its quarterly federal income tax payments. it had $100,000, $50,000, and $90,000 of taxable income for the first, second, and third quarters, respectively ($240,000 in total through the first three quarters). what is omnidata's annual estimated taxable income for purposes of calculating the third quarter estimated payment?

Atoy store has a new game in stock, but customers aren't buying it. which of the following types of inventory increases when customers aren't buying this game? a. work-in-process b. raw materials c. finished goods d. in-transit